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will5421yesterday at 7:44 PM3 repliesview on HN

Won’t geothermal cool the Earth’s core?


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Procrastesyesterday at 8:17 PM

I'm not a geologist, but for comparison, the Siberian Traps[1] erupted for 2 million years, and there have been other large events on that scale. Any heat we release will be insignificant in comparison.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Traps

marshrayyesterday at 8:32 PM

Not the core measurably, but my understanding is that it can very slowly cool the volume of earth immediately around the heat extraction site.

I have full faith in modern engineers' ability to account for these effects in the plant designs.

MachineManyesterday at 10:16 PM

It could prevent volcanoes from erupting perhaps.