> The Earth receives 174,000 terawatts (TW) of incoming solar radiation (insolation) at the upper atmosphere [1].
> The flow of heat from Earth's interior to the surface is estimated at 47±2 terawatts (TW) [2].
Much of heat flux happens in ocean where crust is thinner.
> The Earth's crust ranges from 5–70 kilometres in depth and is the outermost layer. The thin parts are the oceanic crust, which underlie the ocean basins (5–10 km) [3]
Earth radius is 6,371 km, Earth core radius is 3,485 km, world deepest borehole is 12 km [4], they are not going to pump energy directly from the core.
World energy consumption is 18 TW [5].
We would live in a different world if balance was different. No seasons and climate zones if internal Earth energy was comparable to Sun energy. Tropics near power plants if human consumption was comparable to Sun energy.
> The Earth receives 174,000 terawatts (TW) of incoming solar radiation (insolation) at the upper atmosphere [1].
> The flow of heat from Earth's interior to the surface is estimated at 47±2 terawatts (TW) [2].
Much of heat flux happens in ocean where crust is thinner.
> The Earth's crust ranges from 5–70 kilometres in depth and is the outermost layer. The thin parts are the oceanic crust, which underlie the ocean basins (5–10 km) [3]
Earth radius is 6,371 km, Earth core radius is 3,485 km, world deepest borehole is 12 km [4], they are not going to pump energy directly from the core.
World energy consumption is 18 TW [5].
We would live in a different world if balance was different. No seasons and climate zones if internal Earth energy was comparable to Sun energy. Tropics near power plants if human consumption was comparable to Sun energy.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_internal_heat_budget
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_of_Earth
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption