Scientists expect to calculate amount of fuel inside Earth by 2025

Friday, September 9, 2016 - 04:01 in Physics & Chemistry

Earth requires fuel to drive plate tectonics, volcanoes and its magnetic field. Like a hybrid car, Earth taps two sources of energy to run its engine: primordial energy from assembling the planet and nuclear energy from the heat produced during natural radioactive decay. Scientists have developed numerous models to predict how much fuel remains inside Earth to drive its engines—and estimates vary widely—but the true amount remains unknown.

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