According to this, Earth absorbs about 173 petawatts (one petawatt = 1000 terawatts) of solar energy.
Thus, the amount of energy claimed in this story to evolve from decay of uranium and thorium in Earth's interior is about 0.025% (one four-thousandth) of what we receive from the Sun.
3 posted on 07/18/2011 2:02:33 PM PDT by Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
"Thus, the amount of energy claimed in this story to evolve from decay of uranium and thorium in Earth's interior is about 0.025% (one four-thousandth) of what we receive from the Sun. "
Just enough to keep our toes from freezing at night... '-)
18 posted on 07/18/2011 6:40:19 PM PDT by TXnMA
(There is no Constitutional right to NOT be offended.)