Ground source heat pumps

[Doctor Drivel]

I rest my case.

[Steve Firth]

Explain why I need anti-freeze. When you do so, tell me what the average winter temperature is near the fence in question and tell me how many days in a year that the area is subject to freezing temperatures.

[Doctor Drivel]

I rest my case.

[Steve Firth]

Explain what the winter temperature is at the location of the fence.

[Doctor Drivel]

I rest my case.

[Steve Firth]

You're an idiot who cannot face up to his own stupidity.

[Andrew Mawson]

I take it the fence is in the South of France perhaps?

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[Andy McKenzie]

Any abstraction of natural surface or groundwater of more than 20,000 litres a day requires an abstraction licence, regardless of the ultimate use or disposal of the water. Whether a licence is granted or not will depend on the overall state of the river, lake or aquifer. Licenses will often have conditions , one of which might be that the 'used' water is returned to the source from which it is abstracted.

Andy

[Piers Finlayson]

Not _quite_ true. Specifically, no license is currently required for abstracting for some types of irrigation and agricultural uses.

[Steve Firth]

Ooh no, about 500 miles further south in Italy.

[Andrew Mawson]

...he he...

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[Huge]

You're a cruel, cruel man, tormenting Drivel so.

(I already knew where it was, and Steve knew I knew... Tee hee.)

[Doctor Drivel]

I rest my case.

[Doctor Drivel]

It will still freeze.

[Andy Hall]

When?

[Andrew Mawson]

I suppose that if the heat pump was over vigorous, then it would cool the working fluid below freezing point

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