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Originally Posted by javadog View Post
I'd really like to know how they calculated the total heat of the earth and measured its changes.

I'd also like to know how much heat migrates from the interior of the earth to the surface.

Things like that cannot be directly measured, only estimated, and I often wonder about the accuracy of the measurements.

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How dare you question the great Oz....

Seriously, was it Sagan who said science is about always questioning? Well, anyway, there are those in the "science is settled" crowd - they're done questioning. They have charts and graphs! (pay no attention to the recent "climate scientist" trapped by summer ice in the antarctic.)
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