(March 28, 2012 at 9:25 pm)padraic Wrote:Quote:I hate to be nitpicky but in the interests of accuracy I rather think you meant red giant there
or white dwarf?
I think I've gone and gotten all confused again.
All I mean is our sun will stop producing light and heat.
It still will but not enough to sustain this planet. But when that happens Man will be A. Extinct B. Evolved into other things or C. Gone to find a new home.
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Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain