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The Heart of the Matter, here the basement machine room with the
old natural gas furnaces (left), as well as the new heat pump and
the 500 liter boiler now operating (August 19, 2008):
The history:
We're fortunate to be located just inside the
region where it is allowed to drill for geothermal energy, the state
here (Kanton Bern) has some very impressive and informative charts :
This is where the drilling for more energy
independence starts: In our backyard trail marked by the the
fluorescent dot:
Tomorrow (June 30), the drilling crew will arrive armed with
heavy equipment to go deep (220m) into the Berne underground, brush
has been cleared, fence made removable, parking space allotted, and
everything is ready.
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