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Should we be concerned about cooling down the earth's core over the long term? I'd rather if we focus our efforts on renewables (basically anything that gets en
by psadri 4y ago
Should we be concerned about cooling down the earth's core over the long term? I'd rather if we focus our efforts on renewables (basically anything that gets energy from sunlight - solar, wind, biomass)
- dan353hehe 4y agoA similar question was asked in a another geothermal post. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32134418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32134418 The tldr being that there is sufficient heat and we don’t need to worry about running out even if we tapped into a significant portion of it.
- jillesvangurp 4y agoShort answer: no. There's not enough time until our sun goes super nova in a few billion years to trickle cool the planet's core in any appreciable way by siphoning of really tiny amounts of energy.