[uptoolate]

There is one last hope for anybody still living on Earth, the researchers say. In the past, some have suggested that Earth’s orbit could be tweaked by arranging the fly-by of a nearby asteroid to tug at it. This method could potentially maintain Earth’s speed enough to keep it in a widening orbit, they say.

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'.

[D-fendr]

What are we doing stop Solar Warming?

[Libloather]

But it won't matter anyway, we will all be dead.

Please, whatever you do, buy a Prius.

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In 6 billion years, humanity will have long since turned into fossil fuels many times over, and will have been superceded by waves of new species.

[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.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

we will all be dead

Speak for yourself! This is only 7.5 billion years from now.