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rvilim
3y ago
I wouldn't say that the best way of thinking about it is the blanket analogy because conduction is _not_ the primary way that the earth sheds heat, convection in the mantle is. Though I haven't run the numbers, I would strongly be
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rvilim
3y ago
You've got to be careful here. This article refers to the heat budget of the _entire_ earth, not the Earth's core. The Earth's core has relatively little in the way of radiogenic elements now. Most of the heat originating in