Current Fossil Fuel Heating System Complexity

• Fossil fuel extraction challenges
  • Buried >1 kilometer underground
  • Located in inconvenient places: Arctic Circle, conflict zones, ocean floor
  • Formation requires 60-600 million years from dead plankton
• Complex distribution infrastructure
  • Deep drilling operations
  • Global transportation: pipes, trucks, tankers to refineries
  • Refineries: expensive industrial facilities sorting hydrocarbon molecules
  • Underground pipeline network: millions of miles long ("invisible interstate highway")
  • Entire steel mills built solely for pipeline production
• Safety monitoring and risks
  • "Smart pigs" robots inspect pipelines for defects ("pigging the pipeline")
  • 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion: 8 deaths, 1,000-foot wall of fire
  • 2018 Massachusetts pipeline explosions: 1 death, 50,000 evacuated
• Alternative fuel delivery challenges
  • Fuel oil and propane lack pipeline infrastructure
  • Tens of thousands of trucks deliver door-to-door
  • Fuel stored in basement/yard tanks
• Health hazards
  • Carbon monoxide detectors required for all heating fuels
  • Hundreds of Americans die annually from heating system poisoning

Geothermal Energy Solution

• Ground-based thermal energy source
  • Consistent temperature few feet underground
  • Examples: caves and wine cellars maintain stable temperatures
  • Vast renewable energy reservoir beneath every building
• System components
  • Ground loops: simple plastic pipes buried under yard
  • Heat pump: installed inside home (typically replacing furnace)
  • Ground loops last as long as home itself
• Growing adoption trend
  • More homeowners choosing geothermal over fuel-based options
  • Permanent switch from fossil heating

Company Solution and New Utility Model

• Streamlined geothermal installation service
  • Online form completion by homeowners
  • Custom geothermal system design
  • Installation using purpose-built tools and equipment
• Distributed utility concept
  • Homes exchanging renewable energy with ground
  • Simple, local, inexpensive operation
  • Permanent wholesale shift from fossil fuels
• Environmental benefits
  • Avoid Arctic Circle and seafloor destruction
  • Bypass refineries and pipelines
  • Eliminate family poisoning risks
  • Utilize existing energy beneath every building