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Is the 49TW the total amount of energy the earth radiates from the core? I'm struggling to reason about this. The core is a hot mass of matter, that's slowly c
by beAbU 3y ago
Is the 49TW the total amount of energy the earth radiates from the core?
I'm struggling to reason about this. The core is a hot mass of matter, that's slowly cooling down. There is no energy "produced" here, no? So where does the 49TW go?
Edit: my questions got answered by someone posting a wikipedia link elsewhere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_energy#Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_energy#Resources
Seems energy is being produced by means of radioactive decay.