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willirritate t1_j5ob7j2 wrote

Reply to comment by PerspectivePure2169 in What are the forces on Earth’s Inner Core that change its speed? by BayRunner

Does the extraction of oil take the lubricant out of the equation?

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GodEmperorBrian t1_j5obooj wrote

Like, human extraction of oil? No, we don’t dig up anything that isn’t sitting in the crust of the earth. The mantle, sitting between the crust and the outer core, is something around 75x thicker than the crust. We have no impact on what happens to the core.

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