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The End is Nigh!

Posted April 08, 2008 8:25 AM

One billion years. That's all the human race has left on our planet, say scientists. And, contrary to previous studies, they say Earth will eventually plunge into the sun. One optimist, however, thinks it's all avoidable.

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Steve S. Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3°10'36.60"N 101°40'15.58"E. Posts: 1654 Good Answers: 74	#1 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/08/2008 12:17 PM
	Well, if any humans are still around, I am sure that the dolphins will take a few of us with them as pets to their new home... __________________ Dan kebenaran akan membebaskan kamu...Veritas vos liberabit....La vérité rend libre..... De waarheid is bevrijdend ..... La verdad te libera....The truth will set you free.

U V Guru Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tri cities, Washington state Republic of the 50 states of America Posts: 1910 Good Answers: 30	#2 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/09/2008 12:40 AM
	Wait a million or so years and the anti-grav projectors used more during the day compared to night will move the Earth over the 900 million years left. Hey it's just as valid as the "scientists". Presuming a baseline of a billion years based on years of data, it is a bit of an assumption. A thousand even maybe 100 years of refinement is warranted before we decide to alter our orbit and then only after we can project the chaos a large asteroid(s) in an eccentric orbit on all the other asteroids and planets accurately. Brad __________________ (Larrabee's Law) Half of everything you hear in a classroom is crap. Education is figuring out which half is which.

Architect3451 Commentator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 55 Good Answers: 4	#3 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/09/2008 7:42 AM
	interesting. I agree that it seems a bit premature to start looking at flinging asteroids around the planet... though I'm sure there are congressmen and senators ready to fling massive amounts of money to a project like this... and ready to point their fingers at each other when it all goes wrong. Besides, if we haven't figured out how to get off the planet in the next billions years... we deserve to fall into the sun.

EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5755 Good Answers: 20	#4 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/09/2008 11:28 AM
	Only a billion years (MoL)?!? Gadzooks! I guess I'll forego buying any more green bananas... __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.

Guest	#6 In reply to #4 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/09/2008 12:11 PM
	I keep wondering who funds the people that sit around all day dreaming his stuff up instead of doing their work (or at least some useful work).

RHABE Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Germany 49° 26' N, 7° 46' O Posts: 1408 Good Answers: 76	#5 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/09/2008 11:33 AM
	Hi, good idea to solve non-existing problems. the oldest multicellular organism are thought to have lived 600million years ago. The earliest land living vertebrates around 300million years. So how should survive our species only 1 million years? Never! If unexpectedly we survive for much longer: bite a big chunk off the sun and transform this into a lot of jupiter - like planets and in parallel !necessary for survival! bring the earths orbit nearer to the thus cooler sun. Lifetime of stars is very much dependent on mass. RHABE

Steve S. Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3°10'36.60"N 101°40'15.58"E. Posts: 1654 Good Answers: 74	#7 In reply to #5 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/09/2008 12:24 PM
	Whew! Glad we got that settled and fixed. I can go back to the sprinkler water pressure thread now! __________________ Dan kebenaran akan membebaskan kamu...Veritas vos liberabit....La vérité rend libre..... De waarheid is bevrijdend ..... La verdad te libera....The truth will set you free.

StandardsGuy Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1156 Good Answers: 12	#8 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/12/2008 4:08 PM
	A billion years? What optimists! We're not likely to last another 20 years unless we can get rid of all the terrorists, communists, and democrats. __________________ When the answer is simple, God is talking - Albert Einstein

EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5755 Good Answers: 20	#9 In reply to #8 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/14/2008 1:35 PM
	I may have to forego the RIPE bananas, is that the message?!? __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.
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StandardsGuy Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1156 Good Answers: 12	#10 In reply to #9 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/14/2008 7:02 PM
	It's OK, have a banana on me. Dont wait too long, though. __________________ When the answer is simple, God is talking - Albert Einstein
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EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5755 Good Answers: 20	#11 In reply to #10 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/15/2008 7:14 AM
	If those aren't the rare Brazilian black bananas, they're well past making into pudding...but still would add a nice bit of potassium to my compost heap! (I do still have time to compost, don't I?) __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.
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Epke Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Japan Posts: 1717 Good Answers: 11	#12 In reply to #8 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/23/2008 1:18 AM
	you forgot republicans __________________ From the Movie "The Big Lebowski" Don't pee on the carpet man!
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StandardsGuy Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1156 Good Answers: 12	#13 In reply to #12 Re: The End is Nigh! 04/23/2008 8:44 PM
	Oh yeah. and all the rest of the political parties. __________________ When the answer is simple, God is talking - Albert Einstein
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Sparkstation Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Christchurch, (The Garden City), South Island, New Zealand Posts: 4554 Good Answers: 223	#14 Re: The End is Nigh! 05/16/2008 9:43 PM
	It's not really my problem. Kind Regards.... __________________ "The number of inventions increases faster than the need for them at the time" - SparkY
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