Hope dims that Earth will survive Sun's death (DOOMED? You betcha...)

Space Newscientist .com ^ | 2/22/08 | Jason Palmer

[frankenMonkey]

"...But it won't matter anyway, we will all be dead and the planet will be long gone from burning fossil fuels and creating 'global warming'..."

In 6 billion years, humanity will have long since turned into fossil fuels many times over, and will have been superceded by waves of new species.

[coloradan]

Change!

[writer33]

When the sun goes out, global warming will be kinda cool (so to speak) - no?

I guess it would it be kinda cool. Good one.

[BerniesFriend]

No more sun..awesome..NO MORE MONDAY MORNINGS!!!!!!!!!..SLEEP ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[Libloather]

What are we doing to stop Solar Warming?

By all means - SAVE THE CHILDREN!

[rock_lobsta]

If "billions and billions of years ago," the sun was a much bigger star with more mass, why didn't Earth get pulled into the sun then? You may insert any AlGore=Planet or Michael Moore jokes here.

The question to ask is "Why didn't the sun get pulled into Michael Moore?

Is there perhaps some kind of way that Algore neutralizes Moore, thus keeping the sun in its place?

Or is it a triangulation with Obama's ego?

[50cal Smokepole]

Oh crud! Now I gotta rethink that whole term life insurance thingy...
/sarc

[weegee]

Starting Jan 21st 2009, we will all be moved into state funded caves. Soylent Green will be delivered 3 times a day to the caves and a steady cycle of regurgitated Hollywood reruns will be available for viewing on exercycle generator powered television sets.

No commute because there is no place to go. Stay in your cave, comrade.

[pcottraux]

Don’t worry Obama will save us.

Yes...by flying across the rainbow and sewing the sky with clouds of love!

He will touch the face of the sun with a magical kiss of candyfloss warmth and beat back all the badness by spreading his good cheer in fathomless billows of chocolatey-sweet grace!

[weegee]

What’ll they worship when the moon and that meteor are gone?

[LibertyRocks]

And, what would be the use of widening the orbit with an asteroid in an effort to survive if there were no more sun???

[TASMANIANRED]

I’m beginning to wonder if college is offering advanced degrees in Moron these days.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

“Yes...by flying across the rainbow and sowing the sky with clouds of love!

He will touch the face of the sun with a magical kiss of candyfloss warmth and beat back all the badness by spreading his good cheer in fathomless billows of chocolatey-sweet grace!”

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PRICELESS!

[Inyo-Mono]

Why the sudden surge in news stories about the earth’s end billions of years from now? Is a new generation of young reporters just discovering this? I learned the same thing in elementary school in the 1950s.

[Eleutheria5]

“What temperature will the earth be during this? I’m under the impression that the earth is in the perfect orbit needed to maintain the range in temperature we have now. But it won’t matter anyway, we will all be dead and the planet will be long gone from burning fossil fuels and creating ‘global warming’.”

Well, according to Rod Serling in the Twilight Zone, some chick will be dreaming that we’re getting sucked into the sun and growing hotter all the time, while really it’s just her fever and as we go into a wider orbit, we’ll be getting colder all the time. Fortunately, Al Gore says that the fossil fuels that we burn will create more greenhouse gases, thereby keeping us warm with global warming. So Rod Serling and Al Gore have saved us, with the help of their faithful companion, Man-Bear-Pig.

[Libloather]

...a steady cycle of regurgitated Hollywood reruns will be available for viewing on exercycle generator powered television sets.

Does that include Halle Berry? I'm fully prepared.

[Army Air Corps]

Be careful, with prose like that he may ask you to be his new speech writer.

[Robert A Cook PE]

An asteroid is going to “move” the earth to a larger orbit?

Lettuce see: If we can “move” an asteroid, and that asteroid - which, I assume, by affecting the earth’s mass over a long enough period of time moves the earth’s orbit - why not just use that same ????? (mythical) process to “move” the earth?

Now remember, the Lord promised Noah that He would NOT destroy the earth (again) by water. His promise does, however, still leave open fire.

[glock rocks]

He will touch the face of the sun with a magical kiss of candyfloss warmth

Oh yah, we'll be fartin in silk then!

[Libloather]

Why the sudden surge in news stories about the earth’s end billions of years from now?

It's time to pack. (BTW, China and Canada are breaking records for snowfall, the ice flows are growing and Michigan has run out of road salt.) I'm not waiting around...