General Discussion

...with much more use of geothermal energy and the infrastructure to support it. The U.S. not so much.

But I bet some version of this does happen in many blue--and even red--states.

We just tend to use electricity for heating and cooling, so finding ways to convert the waste heat into electricity is the challenge here.

And, this is not actually a reliably red versus blue issue as we would like to think:

South Dakota--which hasn't voted for a Democrat in a presidential election since 1964--leads the nation in renewable energy production, with 92% of its electricity coming from renewable sources as of 2024.
https://www.sdnewswatch.org/fact-brief-south-dakota-wind-solar-clean-energy-production/#:~:text=South%20Dakota%20is%20ranked%20No,and%20Kansas%20third%20(74%25).

Note that "Iowa is second (83%) and Kansas third (74%)".

When you drive across Kansas to get to blue Colorado it is actually striking how many wind turbines there are between the billboards for Jesus and anti-abortion screeds in that very red state.

Will the Maniacal Orange Menace hate it? Yes. But I still don't think that will stop progress--because it really hasn't so far....