Re:The energy expansions of evolution (2017)
by dredmorbius on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:05PM
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Pretty much just this.
Tidal is another exception, and geothermal is both radioactive heat and latent heat of gravitational formation (about half each).
But fossil fuels? That's burning buried sunshine. At a rate of about 5 million times faster than it formed. 23 tonnes of ancient biomass per litre of petrol -- nearly 100 tonnes per gallon.
Tidal is another exception, and geothermal is both radioactive heat and latent heat of gravitational formation (about half each).
But fossil fuels? That's burning buried sunshine. At a rate of about 5 million times faster than it formed. 23 tonnes of ancient biomass per litre of petrol -- nearly 100 tonnes per gallon.
See Jeffrey S. Dukes (2003):
https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/DGE/Dukes/Dukes_ClimChange1....