I grew up in a prosperous neighborhood in New England. Several folks whose driveways were steep had heated driveways—considered quite a luxury item in those days.
As I remember, this Freeper lived in Idaho, fairly close to Yellowstone and had hot springs. They heated their house, garage, driveway, hot water, etc. from the hot springs. Talk about a nice payback from a property.
Now, if the enviro greenies could come up with that, they would have a good argument for renewable energy. I think it’s like Iceland, they get all of their energy from hot volcanic water.