CrustalTrudger t1_j2ej1d8 wrote
Reply to comment by Chance_Bluebird_5788 in Do geothermal power plants have any significant effect on the underground temperature in an area? Can a geothermal field be “used up” by Glad-Measurement6968
Tidal heating is not a significant source of geothermal heat on Earth, the two primary sources are radioactive decay and left over heat from planetary accretion. Tidal heating is important on other bodies, e.g., Io, but not on Earth. You are still correct in that both sources of heat on Earth (i.e., heat from radioactive decay and primordial heat) are decreasing on geologic timescales.
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