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About 47 terawatts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_energy_budget#Earth's_internal_heat_sources_and_other_small_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ea
by snarfy 4y ago
About 47 terawatts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_energy_budget#Earth's_internal_heat_sources_and_other_small_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_energy_budget#Earth'...
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- flavius29663 4y agoThat seems terribly low, but apparently it's correct (humans need right now about 18TW). This means a lot of Earth's heat is actually coming from the sun itself. One small nuance: the OP asked about the heat generated by Earth's mass. The 47TW is split between the original heat from the formation of the Earth and the nuclear decay of radioactive elements.