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  • I'd hazard a guess that the direct heat / energy produced by burning stuff is utterly negligible, compared to the heat / energy from the sun.

    Random googling:

    However, the 888 500 TW that really impinges on this surface corresponds to 2 790 100 EJ. The total human consumption of energy in 2015 was 550.66 EJ, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2016. This way, solar energy at soil level was more than 5000 times greater than this consumption

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