Further confirmation of what all the evidence pointed to anyhow....
To: Al Simmons
Temperatures probably cooled significantly around the globe before warming in the following centuries, wildfires on an unprecedented scale may have burned and acid rain might have poured down. The ozone hole grew to an enormous size, and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and water vapor were introduced into the atmosphere without any regulatory oversight. HIV/AIDS and other diseases of the immune system may have been rampant as well. Homelessness was widespread, as was a lack of affordable health insurance.
To: Al Simmons
Temperatures probably cooled significantly around the globe before warming in the following centuries,. . . But, but, who was driving the SUV's back then that warmed the planet?
Phone call for Mr. Gore, please pick up the white phone -
3 posted on
11/28/2006 7:56:55 PM PST by
Jambe
( Save the Cows ! -- Eat a Vegan !!!)
To: Al Simmons
The one impact theory makes sense. Life had already evolved, long after the bombardment. The possibility of two earth-shaking meteors that close are pretty remote, and if it did happen it was probably a split rock.
4 posted on
11/28/2006 7:59:16 PM PST by
Lunatic Fringe
(Say "NO" to the Trans-Texas Corridor)
To: Al Simmons
Further confirmation of what all the evidence pointed to anyhow....Still very fascinating. When I was in college there were still articles suggesting volcanic activity caused the dinosaur extinction.
Makes one wonder if these impacts are on a regular period or if a random one could be coming in the near future.
To: Al Simmons
The single-bullet theory?
To: Al Simmons
9 posted on
11/28/2006 8:05:23 PM PST by
dfwgator
To: SunkenCiv
To: Al Simmons
12 posted on
11/28/2006 8:09:51 PM PST by
ArtyFO
(I love to smoke cigars when I adjust artillery fire at the moonbat loonery.)
To: Al Simmons
I understand that there was a large flood back in the day. A flood that encompassed the entire earth
could be the reason for the extinction of so may species.
14 posted on
11/28/2006 8:18:53 PM PST by
doc1019
To: Al Simmons
"Further confirmation of what all the evidence pointed to anyhow...." Yup. I never paid much attention to the other arguments.
16 posted on
11/28/2006 8:20:24 PM PST by
blam
To: Al Simmons
I think the dinosaurs all died because they got tired of constantly being killed off by the scientists.
To: Al Simmons
..."Our samples come from very complete, expanded sections... so we can resolve the sequence of events well..." Translation: Keep pouring in the grant money...Baby needs new shoes!
19 posted on
11/28/2006 8:27:19 PM PST by
aligncare
(NIKE profits up 4 per cent: Inner city minorities hardest hit)
To: Al Simmons
22 posted on
11/28/2006 9:16:51 PM PST by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: Al Simmons
THIS IS PURE B.S. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE KNOWS that an impact did not kill off all the TRex's. It waz THEM SUV'S!!! SUV'S I TELL YOU. SUV'S DID IT. The Dims said so.
26 posted on
11/28/2006 9:27:10 PM PST by
RetiredArmy
(The US Military Services are THE BEST PEOPLE on the planet. God protect them.)
To: Al Simmons
Dinosaurs were extincted, but frogs were not. Frogs were there, and we still have them. The impact theory does not explain why dinosaurs died and frogs didn't. It also doesn't explain why most plants before that time were gymnosperms and most plants since then are angiosperms.
27 posted on
11/28/2006 9:30:05 PM PST by
SmartAZ
To: Al Simmons
ONE IMPACT ONLY
28 posted on
11/28/2006 9:30:18 PM PST by
VeniVidiVici
(What's the one elected position Ted Kennedy has never held? Designated Driver.)
To: Al Simmons; Lunatic Fringe; blam
Al Simmons: Further confirmation of what all the evidence pointed to anyhow....
and
Lunatic Fringe: The possibility of two earth-shaking meteors that close are pretty remote, and if it did happen it was probably a split rock.
and
blam: Yup. I never paid much attention to the other arguments
Well put. Okay, actually, I have paid attention to other arguments, but none of them held water, and were really just shrieks on the retreat. The impact denial camp has been getting a bit more publicity lately, and will be around for a while yet because they're tied in with the global warming crap, and because sudden extinction by deux ex machina (okay, used that phrase twice in a week) screws up diehard gradualists. I don't mind that they're diehards, just as long as they actually die. ;')
30 posted on
11/28/2006 10:02:52 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Al Simmons
Makes sense. I always thought that all the theories about complex reasons for Dino extinction ignored the basic simplicity of Occam's razor, i.e.; big meteor=dead Dino's. Why make it complicated?
40 posted on
11/29/2006 6:25:57 PM PST by
Wiseghy
("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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