NYL0N
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+1|6973

chuyskywalker wrote:

Krappyappy wrote:

a extinction-causing asteroid impact is inevitable.
Yeah, that's possible, but very unlikely.
anyone see that meteor burn up over aussie last week?
Friluftshund
I cnat slpel!!!
+54|6971|Norway

wannabe_tank_whore wrote:

Krappyappy wrote:

the human race is in serious need to colonize other planets.

a extinction-causing asteroid impact is inevitable.

as time goes on, the earth's molten core will cool and solidify, killing the magnetic field which guards us against solar radiation.

even if neither doomsday scenario happens, there will eventually be so many humans that this planet can't hold us all.

i consider it a serious dereliction of duty on the part of all governments to not be pursuing extraplanetary colonization actively.
You forgot, with China's and India's populations exploding the earth will start spinning faster and faster due to unequal weight in south east asia.  As the earth rotates on the axis once south east asia starts on the downward rotation it will drastically increase in speed and likewise when it's on its upwards rotation it will slow to a crawl.  Eventually the earth will stop rotating completely or something.  Prepare for this now!!
What in the world?

Down? up?

Do you reason that gravity will slow earth down? I don't think gravity works outside of the earth...
btw, you have more to worry about when it comes to putting up dams, trapping trillions of tons of water than a few million people..

peace and love
RavyGravy
Son.
+617|6664|NSW, Australia

we will all be dead by then so who cares
DonFck
Hibernator
+3,227|6890|Finland

<<<FTDM>>>Gen.Raven wrote:

we will all be dead by then so who cares
You revived an 11 months dead thread to say THAT?
I need around tree fiddy.
sgt.sonner
the electric eel has got me by the brain banana
+146|6791|Denmizzark!!

Krappyappy wrote:

i consider it a serious dereliction of duty on the part of all governments to not be pursuing extraplanetary colonization actively.
I agree..

DonFck wrote:

<<<FTDM>>>Gen.Raven wrote:

we will all be dead by then so who cares
You revived an 11 months dead thread to say THAT?
Rofl!.. I hadnt even noticed..

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Towelly
It's A State Of Mind
+399|6849|Your attic

DonFck wrote:

<<<FTDM>>>Gen.Raven wrote:

we will all be dead by then so who cares
You revived an 11 months dead thread to say THAT?
It boggles the mind.
RavyGravy
Son.
+617|6664|NSW, Australia

Towelly wrote:

DonFck wrote:

<<<FTDM>>>Gen.Raven wrote:

we will all be dead by then so who cares
You revived an 11 months dead thread to say THAT?
It boggles the mind.
thats just the kinda guy i am
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6933|Canberra, AUS
You will respawn in: 11 months...10 months..................................3...2...

Clear!
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Ratzinger
Member
+43|6650|Wollongong, NSW, Australia
I was talking about this in another thread.

This is THE only "big picture" issue that matters. It may be a very long-term issue but it is all that will matter in the long run.

Even with zero waste and pollution we NEED to do this, or at least work towards it.

Makes wars and famine look insignificant.
eagles1106
Member
+269|6842|Marlton, New Jersey.

Krappyappy wrote:

as time goes on, the earth's molten core will cool and solidify.
No.  By the time it cools, well, nevermind, no point in trying to explain.  It wont "cool" in our lifetime....

Even if it does, I say by the next 75 years we will have made Mars (possibly other planets? livable (it is highly probable to do so, scientists have stated that they could warm the atmosphere with greenhouse gasses, redig the ice up, etc)

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Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6859|132 and Bush

Chill out, I'm working on it.... sheesh
Xbone Stormsurgezz
SexyCabbage
One Shot, One Kill ... Always
+68|6738|Kentucky
build a spaceship   take your wife to mars and there u go start colonizing
Mitch
16 more years
+877|6783|South Florida

Krappyappy wrote:

no, it's not only probable but inevitable. an asteroid large enough to cause global extinction hits us once every 100,000 years. smaller ones capable of creating local disaster are much more frequent.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/Sta … ion11.html
Well i don't think we have to worry about that, take a look back 100 years ago, since then, technology has expanded extraordinarily fast. Imagine in 100 years from now, there could be so much! Now, even if the weird ass chance that an asterode came 99,800 years ago, i think we'll be advanced enough to detect/prevent it.
15 more years! 15 more years!
herrr_smity
Member
+156|6886|space command ur anus
I'm digging myself a hole in my backyard for when the aliens come.
Ty
Mass Media Casualty
+2,398|7033|Noizyland

Wow, what's the bumping of the almost year-old topic?
Personally I'm more worried about the Zombies Marlboro wrote about, although thanks to his survival guide I feel safe. We don't have WalMart here, but I'm sure "The Warehouse" will do just fine.
[Blinking eyes thing]
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Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6933|Canberra, AUS
Close?
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
Vilham
Say wat!?
+580|7024|UK

chuyskywalker wrote:

Krappyappy wrote:

a extinction-causing asteroid impact is inevitable.
Yeah, that's possible, but very unlikely.

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Wrong there is one due in 1 million years, but ofcourse our race will be way gone by then.
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Krappyappy wrote:

as time goes on, the earth's molten core will cool and solidify, killing the magnetic field which guards us against solar radiation.
Even less likely, probably not anytime during your families future-history.

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Yeah not gunna happen in our races life time.
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Krappyappy wrote:

we have been leaking radio signals into space for the past century. aliens will hear us and come to earth to eat us. they'll probably farm us like chickens and marinade us in alien teriyaki sauce for three hours before putting us on the george foreman grill.
Any alien smart enough to travel through space and advanced enough to travel far enough to reach us isn't going to stop here. When was the last time you visited a primitive ant farm for the sake of eating ants?

I'm not arrogant enough to say we're the only intelligent life out there, but a species capable of interstellar space travel would be smart enough to steer the fuck clear of us.

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There are a riduculus number of planets and space, far over the chance for life thus we are very unlikely im talking billions to one that we are the only intelligent life.
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Krappyappy wrote:

the gulf stream ocean current is slowing and will eventually stop if the polar ice caps continue to melt. the lack of warm tropical water in the colder parts of the earth will bring a new ice age, reducing the amount of farmland globally and causing a huge famine in which billions will die.
This, actually, is the most sane of any of your paranoia. Our ecology and environment are, in fact, quite in danger. The slow in currents is connected to our rediculously high CO2 emissions which are tearing up the atmosphere and causing the globe to warm at a rate not seen since the last Ice Ages. (And if that's not clear to you what it means, it's really bad.)

The most unfortuneate part is that we continute to dump these toxins into the air, as they are a corner stone of every industrialized nation -- without which we would flounder. Regardless, even if we stopped ALL emissions RIGHT THIS SECOND, the residule damage will still be so bad that the temperature rise would cause enough ice to melt and enough currents to change that we'd lose many small islands and coastal towns, and obliterate inland areas due to increased weather conditions. (Seen the record breaking hurricane season the U.S. just had? That's not going to be a solo performance -- expect reruns in the years to come.)

THAT is something to be paranoid about.

Don't even get me started about the ways in which countries seek to emulate the U.S. and how that effect of capitalism and affluence are going to cause just as many problems.
I agree with you with the rest.
Vilham
Say wat!?
+580|7024|UK
lol didnt notice its 11 months dead
Fenris_GreyClaw
Real Хорошо
+826|6777|Adelaide, South Australia

Sgt.Gh0st wrote:

dan500 wrote:

beeng wrote:

You know, many of these fears of aliens farming us comes from our own history with animals on this planet.  Who's to say our alien friends even EAT?  Have heads, blood, arms, even bodies?
Whos to say there not the plants that are around us?
Maybe aliens float/walk among us? Invisble and such. Personally I dont think they exist, but NOBODY knows if they are out there or not. But I still dont know what to think about AREA 51 (No, not the game ffs ).
Area 51 was discovered, so they moved. its now Area 51 A.

seriously.
Rosse_modest
Member
+76|7034|Antwerp, Flanders

Vilham wrote:

lol didnt notice its 11 months dead
Not dead. Just... waiting. For the opportune moment to strike.
beerface702
Member
+65|6951|las vegas
well ti doubt any of this will happen in our life times, the core thing that is that wont happen at least for another billion years!

although a asteroid impact is never something to turn you eyes blindly too, the facts are there and it could happen, likely? probably not for a while, not while im alive anyway. so i could give two shits less

but i do agree the space program and plans for say mars or colonizing the moon are far short, and our program is pretty much ignored in goverment now, people just dont seem to care about space anymore. I for one watch every launch day , actively read on these things. and i think the poltcians should also, but they dont...

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