> In 2019 TES was 606 EJ and final consumption was 418 EJ, 69% of TES.
It looks like 75% of it is from fossil fuels. In a power plant that produces electricity, the output is less than a half of the heat produced by the oil/coal/gas. So 606 * .75 * 2 that is like 1000 EJ. In a simplified world, all that energy becomes heat that escape to space after a while.
To get the mass, you must divide it by c^2 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=1000+ExaJoule%2Fc%5E2 and the result is 1200kg (24000 pounds) per year. That's like launching to deep space an elephant per year or a small car per month.
The total mass of the Earth is approximately 6×10^24 kg. So per year we are "launching" 2×10^-21 of the mass of the Earth, that is impossible to notice.
Fake Edit: I just noticed that I forgot to include the heat produced by natural radioactivity that is higher than the energy we use. It's probably also a small number compared to the mass of the Earth, but it's left as an exercise for the reader.
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> In 2019 TES was 606 EJ and final consumption was 418 EJ, 69% of TES.
It looks like 75% of it is from fossil fuels. In a power plant that produces electricity, the output is less than a half of the heat produced by the oil/coal/gas. So 606 * .75 * 2 that is like 1000 EJ. In a simplified world, all that energy becomes heat that escape to space after a while.
To get the mass, you must divide it by c^2 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=1000+ExaJoule%2Fc%5E2 and the result is 1200kg (24000 pounds) per year. That's like launching to deep space an elephant per year or a small car per month.
The total mass of the Earth is approximately 6×10^24 kg. So per year we are "launching" 2×10^-21 of the mass of the Earth, that is impossible to notice.
Fake Edit: I just noticed that I forgot to include the heat produced by natural radioactivity that is higher than the energy we use. It's probably also a small number compared to the mass of the Earth, but it's left as an exercise for the reader.