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To: smokingfrog

“could be contributing to the depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer”

lets ban xray bursts like we did cfcs


14 posted on 10/09/2011 9:39:45 PM PDT by dila813
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To: dila813

Well, the fact that we are here as the result of billions of years of life on this planet is evidence that this isn’t something that I should lose sleep over. Could it happen? Yes. Is it likely to happen in my lifetime? The odds would probably be worse than me hitting Powerball and Megamillions in the same week on $1.00 bets.

The “we are here” logic has also been used to demonstrate that the sun’s output is (reasonably) stable, and hasn’t had any (serious) outbursts for at least 500 million years.


17 posted on 10/09/2011 10:19:13 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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