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by hwillis 3337 days ago
The heat in the earths core is actively generated as well, by radioactive decay and viscous friction. It's not all just left over heat. In that way it's kind of like asking if windmills will cause the wind to run out. Heat is constantly moving from the interior to the exterior of the earth, and we are really just tapping into that rather than breaching a dam that does not leak.