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To: blueunicorn6
This dirt thermos we call earth must have some tremendous insulation qualities to keep that rock liquid for billions of years. My coffee cools off in the thermos in a few hours.

The Earth's core has trillions of tons of radioactive elements that generate heat as they decay.
39 posted on 05/11/2011 2:21:59 PM PDT by Colinsky
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To: Colinsky

The earth also has tidal forces that generate a lot of heat.


52 posted on 05/11/2011 5:59:02 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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