Energy conservation in the Earth's crust and climate change

Figures & data

Figure 1. Patterning of energy conservation: (a) water energy–mechanical energy–electrical energy, and (b) geothermal energy–chemical energy–fossil energy.

Figure 2. Heat flow in the different periods on Earth: (a) heat flow on Earth before fossil energy to be produced is 100(Qhf) = Qthf; (b) heat flow on Earth after fossil energy to be produced is (100 – 80)Qhf = Qthf – Qfe; (c) now heat flow on Earth is [(100 – 74) or (100 – 80) + 6]Qhf = (Qthf – Qfe)+ N.

Figure 3. Mechanism map of heat flow increase: (a) sketch map of heat flow increase; (b) description of heat flow increase.

Figure 4. Change trends of the mean annual air temperature in the last century in the earth (IPCC, 2001).

Figure 5. Annual increment of atmospheric CO₂ concentration in the last century in the earth (Boden et al., 1990; Boden et al., 1992).

Table 1. Output/total of globe fossil energy with heat flow increase and global average temperature rise (units: 100 million tons, trillion m³)

Time	Coal	Oil	Gas	Land heat flow increase J	Average warmed °C
1880–1980	1500/1500	517/517	30/30	1.9858314224 × 10^21	0.39 (1980)
1981–2005	1125/2625	440/957	20/50	3.5106974454 × 10^21	0.70 (2005)
2006–2010	334/2959	197/1154	21/71	4.2349763952 × 10^21	0.84 (2010)

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