alt Hacker NewsNot really how that works. Also earths core is being heated from nuclear decay and tidal effects. It’s getting 10’s or TW worth of heat until the sun expands and eats the earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_internal_heat_budget
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fanatic2pope • yesterday at 3:46 PM
Thanks for that wikipedia link, it's fascinating!
danans • yesterday at 3:40 PM
I think they meant that as a joke.
The world's total energy consumption (most of which is fossil fuels) is currently estimated at 620 exajoules, or 17TWh / year.
Assuming zero growth in energy consumption (hello AI), extracting even half of that seems like it would be consequential.