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I'm a huge nuclear energy advocate, but if there is an even better way to get baseline power to fill in the gaps between solar and wind I am all for it. My only question would be the downsides (if any) of using the earths core to power things.
Like if every country starts slapping these things down all over the place would it even start cooling the core in any meaningful way? Would that potentially lead to problems later?
My gut says no, but I would rather at least ask the question and get laughed at than never consider it and have it bite us in the ass later.
My gut says yes. You subtract energy from a system. That energy did something, had a function. Now its not doing that thing anymore.
Same goes with wind: how much wind energy can you remove from the climate and ar which point does it affect the climate system? Handwavium. Never red a serious investigation about it.
Solar: same. That energy we're now converting into electricity, didn't that had another function? Is it cool we're using it differently now?
Coal and oil: that has been answered! Releasing the stored energy captured in those, expelling the contaminations and radiating of the excess heat did something!
There has never been a serious investigation into how much wind or solar you need to remove from the climate system before causing a noticeable impact, because it isn't a serious concern. There is probably some theydidthemath type content to show how ridiculous the idea is.
Especially solar… light -> heat. We know that, so with solar it’s light -> electricity -> heat just like nothing every happened lol