# Which house belongs to the environmentalist? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 30, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-house-belongs-to-the-environmentalist/47664 "2008-04-30T06:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-house-belongs-to-the-environmentalist/47664/25 "2008-04-30T10:10:46Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > I looked into a geo-thermo system for my house and the ROI was like 30 years. > After looking into many green options most of them are just bad investments. > Like the Chinese said, “Being green is a luxury most can’t afford.” > I made an honest effort but only did limited green things. > I spent about an extra $75,000 on green items on my house. > (pat’s self on back) you doing the research and showing positives and negatives is a good thing, people going by what other people said it is shitty. Geo-thermo is much more cost effective down here than northern states, due to the huge delta T. I would recommend going to a heat pump system more than anything. The funny part is most of the insulations values that where used when that was built, a R-30 roof, R-15 walls in now either code or worse than code. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-house-belongs-to-the-environmentalist/47664)._