Grindipo t1_jcld3tw wrote on March 17, 2023 at 5:47 PM Reply to comment by dangil in Energy can not dissappear or be created, only change form, right? Earth is blasted by the sun 24/7, where does the excess energy go, because I guess it doesn't stay here or we'd cook by mr_greenmash Is it you, Lord Kelvin ? The heat inside Earth comes from the radioactive decay of, well, radioactive elements inside. It is true that the accretion of a planet releases a lot af heat, but without the radioactivity, the Earth would have cooled in less than a billion year. Permalink Parent 2
Grindipo t1_jcld3tw wrote
Reply to comment by dangil in Energy can not dissappear or be created, only change form, right? Earth is blasted by the sun 24/7, where does the excess energy go, because I guess it doesn't stay here or we'd cook by mr_greenmash
Is it you, Lord Kelvin ?
The heat inside Earth comes from the radioactive decay of, well, radioactive elements inside.
It is true that the accretion of a planet releases a lot af heat, but without the radioactivity, the Earth would have cooled in less than a billion year.