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Is a geothermal heating system actually better than a high efficiency gas furnace for a four bedroom home in the Midwest considering upfront costs and our harsh winters?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Is a geothermal heating system actually better than a high efficiency gas furnace for a four bedroom home in the Midwest considering upfront costs and our harsh winters?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 geothermal heat pump installation cost Midwest residential ground loop cost high efficiency gas furnace replacement cost cold climateGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
geothermal heat pump cold climate performance COP ground source heat pump DOE winter efficiency gas furnace 96 percent AFUEGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
2026 federal tax credit geothermal heat pump residential 25C 2026 legislationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
2026 geothermal heat pump installation cost Midwest residential ground loop cost high efficiency gas furnace replacement cost cold climate Google ↗
geothermal heat pump cold climate performance COP ground source heat pump DOE winter efficiency gas furnace 96 percent AFUE Google ↗
2026 federal tax credit geothermal heat pump residential 25C 2026 legislation Google ↗
- Geothermal Heat Pump Installation Cost: 2026 Price Guide · carrier.com
- Geothermal Heat Pumps · energy.gov
- Geothermal heat pumps · eia.gov
- Guide to Geothermal Heat Pumps · energy.gov
- FAQs for modification of sections 25C, 25D, 25E, 30C, 30D, 45L, 45W, AND 179D under Public Law 119-21, 139 Stat. 72 (July 4, 2025), commonly known as the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB) · irs.gov
- Residential Clean Energy Credit · irs.gov
- MN TRM 4.2 Proposal · mn.gov
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 geothermal heat pump installation cost Midwest residential ground loop cost high efficiency gas furnace replacement cost cold climate OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
geothermal heat pump cold climate performance COP ground source heat pump DOE winter efficiency gas furnace 96 percent AFUE OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2026 federal tax credit geothermal heat pump residential 25C 2026 legislation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Consequence | — | — | 1x of 1 |