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Re:Cornell wants to drill 2-4mi underground for enhanced geo... by eggy on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @12:00AM (#12536956)
The sun is becoming 10% more luminous every billion years as it approaches its red giant phase. This is very long term, but in effect it will increase the amount of heat on Earth over time.

The Earth will be uninhabitable long before the sun goes red giant though! About a billion years from now [1].

[1] http://theconversation.com/the-sun-wont-die-for-5-billion-ye...

Re:Cornell wants to drill 2-4mi underground for enhanced geo... by Retric on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @08:22AM (#12538912)
Black body radiation is T^4 and we can add orbiting sun shades so it's not clear where the cutoff point is.