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Re:January 2020 warmest on record: EU climate service by tialaramex on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @05:44AM (#22245654)
The stuff at the bottom of the ocean in the pitch black doesn't even need a star, it's running on some primitive chemistry and the internal heat of the planet, which is in turn driven by radioactive decay. It isn't going anywhere regardless.
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Re:January 2020 warmest on record: EU climate service by 1propionyl on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @05:52AM (#22245699)
It's running on the organic silt that filters and falls down to it. Where do you think that comes from?

It's chemosynthesis fueled by a continuous stream of organic silt from above and volcanic vents, not magical planetary heat.

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Re:January 2020 warmest on record: EU climate service by tialaramex on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:56AM (#22245979)
Are you putting volcanic vents at the bottom of the ocean? No. They're there because the core is hot, which it is because of radioactive decay as I explained.
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