Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems
Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems
More boundless optimism: humans might constitute an existential
threat to many species on Earth (including humans themselves) but
life as a whole has and will survive worse.
https://reactormag.com/complete-planetary-destruction-is-not-as-easy-as-it-seems/
On 10/11/2024 10:32 AM, William Hyde wrote:Elon Musk would like a word with you... :)
Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 10/10/2024 11:14 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems
More boundless optimism: humans might constitute an existential
threat to many species on Earth (including humans themselves) but
life as a whole has and will survive worse.
https://reactormag.com/complete-planetary-destruction-is-not-as-
easy- as-it-seems/
Nanobot Gobblers will take care of the Earth just fine by turning the
entire planet into a grey goo. There is a book by Sean Williams ???
and Shane Dix ??? about this.
And if somebody poisons Sol turning it into a red dwarf early then
the Earth will be gobbled by Sol. "Last Day on Mars (Chronicle of
the Dark Star, 1)" by Kevin Emerson
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062306723
"It is Earth year 2213—but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not
since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously
begun the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to
Mars, but this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared
for a second trip: a one-hundred-fifty-year journey to a distant
star, our best guess at where we might find a new home."
You couldn't pay me to read dreck like that.
And this time I mean it.
Not dreck, that is old school Pulp.
"It is Earth year 2213—but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not
since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun
the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but
this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second
trip: a one-hundred-fifty-year journey to a distant star, our best guess
at where we might find a new home."
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:54:19 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
"It is Earth year 2213—but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not >since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun >the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but
this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second >trip: a one-hundred-fifty-year journey to a distant star, our best guess
at where we might find a new home."
There's a massive difference in mass between the size of a future nova
and a future supernova - and our Sun is barely big enough for a nova
future and far below that of a supernova so I tend to look askance at
any author who describes the future Sun in that way.
In article <18bogjpjm9537c1kgdlq81earobgu1qcmf@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:54:19 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
"It is Earth year 2213—but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not
since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun
the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but
this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second
trip: a one-hundred-fifty-year journey to a distant star, our best guess
at where we might find a new home."
There's a massive difference in mass between the size of a future nova
and a future supernova - and our Sun is barely big enough for a nova
future and far below that of a supernova so I tend to look askance at
any author who describes the future Sun in that way.
It can't be a nova; only close binary star systems can produce novas.
In article <robertaw-C761A6.21450013102024@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
In article <18bogjpjm9537c1kgdlq81earobgu1qcmf@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:54:19 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
"It is Earth year 2213—but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not
since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun >>> >the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but
this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second
trip: a one-hundred-fifty-year journey to a distant star, our best guess >>> >at where we might find a new home."
There's a massive difference in mass between the size of a future nova
and a future supernova - and our Sun is barely big enough for a nova
future and far below that of a supernova so I tend to look askance at
any author who describes the future Sun in that way.
It can't be a nova; only close binary star systems can produce novas.
Or Chevrolet.
ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:
Or Chevrolet.
I read somewhere a (possibly apocryphal) story that the Chevy "Nova" was >unpopular in Mexico because "no va" means "it won't go" in Spanish.
I read somewhere a (possibly apocryphal) story that the Chevy "Nova" was unpopular in Mexico because "no va" means "it won't go" in Spanish.
On 13/10/2024 21:29, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:54:19 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
"It is Earth year 2213—but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not
since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun >>> the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but
this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second
trip: a one-hundred-fifty-year journey to a distant star, our best guess >>> at where we might find a new home."
There's a massive difference in mass between the size of a future nova
and a future supernova - and our Sun is barely big enough for a nova
future and far below that of a supernova so I tend to look askance at
any author who describes the future Sun in that way.
In any case short of Lex Luthor or similar villain creating a devise
to detonate the sun, that particular probably is 4-5 billion years out
which is rather longer than I expect to be here to have that problem
to face.
As I said on the page, I think I heard that
in about one billion years, the Sun will be
slightly hotter, and Earth's water will all
be evaporated in the atmosphere.
The water that we're made of.
It can't be a nova; only close binary star systems can produce novas.
Or Chevrolet.
On 14 Oct 2024 06:45:26 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
<tednolan>) wrote:
It can't be a nova; only close binary star systems can produce novas.
Or Chevrolet.
Groan - when I was about 10-12 my parents had a Chevy Nova - it wasn't
nearly as bad a car as its reputation.
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