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[MadMojoMonkey]

I think they're close to solving this without my help. There goes that Nobel prize.

Don't be convinced by clever sounding words which describe how it could maybe happen without talking actual numbers and time frames.

There's a lot of plausible sounding ideas out but no one has a working model that supports what data we have.


EDIT:

an internal energy source to drive convective currents.

Q: What is the source of energy for the Earth's outer core?
A: The inner core
Q: and what is the source of energy for the Earth's inner core?
A: ...