Over the many nuclear reactors, hydro stations, geothermal stations (which I guess is kind of cheating since it measures energy twice), tidal power stations, so

Over the many nuclear reactors, hydro stations, geothermal stations (which I guess is kind of cheating since it measures energy twice), tidal power stations, solar panels, wind turbines, gas and coal fired generators, and all the other odd-ball power generation devices used around the world, I could believe it. The heat can only get to a place where we actually measure it via lots of thermal mass that would slow things down. The energy emitted from the core of the earth, and human generated power combined is most likely dwarfed by the equivalent watts from sunlight alone. Assuming the low "realistic" estimate [0], the total amount of watts hitting the earth at any one time is 694.2 TW [1]... instantaneously. So that would add up much quicker. Edit: I'm an idiot, the sun doesn't face the whole earth at once. It would still be a lot at half that though! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight#Solar_constant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight#Solar_constant [1] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%281.361+*+5.100644719%C3%9710%C2%B9%E2%81%B4%29Watts https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%281.361+*+5.100644719%...