If we are the stewards of the Earth, then for certain, our most solemn responsibility is eliminating the threat of asteroid strikes. Whether the CO2 level is 320 PPM or 370 PPM will not matter if the Earth is hit by a 300 meter space rock.
Environmentalists often say that the Earth would be a paradise if humans did not exist. Well, it would be, until the next strike. Bluejays and Polar bears cannot evolve asteroid-proof fur and feathers.
Human ingenuity and human enterprise are the only possible saviors of life on Earth. Until we realistically solve the cosmic threats, everything else we do is just feel-good "environmental theater".
I'm not afraid of asteroids, all the big ones are charted or will be soon. A comet's going to kill us.
Though personally, as a resident of Manhattan, I'm more concerned about the mega-tsunami that's going to wipe out everything within a hundred miles of the shores of the Atlantic a few hours after half the island of La Palma drops into the sea.
I'n not much of a athlete anymore, but I keep my old buoyancy vest from my scuba diving days and a pair of running shoes in my closet. When that wave comes in I'm going to take a running leap onto it from the West Side Drive and ride it to Albany.
jb, please make sure to add in how we can fix the sun while you're at it. The best estimates say we have a billion years, until those estimates change.
Maybe the recent, and unexpected lack in sunspot activity means the sun is on the wane! We're all gonna die! (truer words were never spoken)
I think what bothers people so much with climate histeria and asteroid histeria, and no doubt sun histeria in the future, is the fact that there are some things you just can't change that have a dramatic and life altering (ruining) consequences.
Live your life to its fullest, try your best, and try to have some faith.
Or you can be worried about the next catastrophe that might wipe you and everyone else out.
You're gonna die anyway...
Now I'm not saying eat sleep and be merry for tomorrow we die. We should try to do what we can, while acknowledging there is plenty we can't - like preventing large asteroids from hitting the planet, the sun from going super nova, deadly gamma radiation bombarding earth from a neutron star, or making sure the polar caps don't melt in our lifetimes -- if they're gonna melt from mans activity over 200 years, they're gonna melt regardless of what you do in your lifetime.
Oh sure... Nobody posts in the asteroid thread because it's not something that can be childishly fought about in a contrived and partisan manner.
Well, we'll see how much your petty squabbles matter once you're in the shadow of a giant fucking asteroid!
Oh sure... Nobody posts in the asteroid thread because it's not something that can be childishly fought about in a contrived and partisan manner.
Well, we'll see how much your petty squabbles matter once you're in the shadow of a giant fucking asteroid!
If we are the stewards of the Earth, then for certain, our most solemn responsibility is eliminating the threat of asteroid strikes. Whether the CO2 level is 320 PPM or 370 PPM will not matter if the Earth is hit by a 300 meter space rock.
Environmentalists often say that the Earth would be a paradise if humans did not exist. Well, it would be, until the next strike. Bluejays and Polar bears cannot evolve asteroid-proof fur and feathers.
Human ingenuity and human enterprise are the only possible saviors of life on Earth. Until we realistically solve the cosmic threats, everything else we do is just feel-good "environmental theater".
I'm not afraid of asteroids, all the big ones are charted or will be soon. A comet's going to kill us.
Though personally, as a resident of Manhattan, I'm more concerned about the mega-tsunami that's going to wipe out everything within a hundred miles of the shores of the Atlantic a few hours after half the island of La Palma drops into the sea.
I'n not much of a athlete anymore, but I keep my old buoyancy vest from my scuba diving days and a pair of running shoes in my closet. When that wave comes in I'm going to take a running leap onto it from the West Side Drive and ride it to Albany.
Is the full video available anywhere, perhaps to subscribers.
jb, please make sure to add in how we can fix the sun while you're at it. The best estimates say we have a billion years, until those estimates change.
Maybe the recent, and unexpected lack in sunspot activity means the sun is on the wane! We're all gonna die! (truer words were never spoken)
I think what bothers people so much with climate histeria and asteroid histeria, and no doubt sun histeria in the future, is the fact that there are some things you just can't change that have a dramatic and life altering (ruining) consequences.
Live your life to its fullest, try your best, and try to have some faith.
Or you can be worried about the next catastrophe that might wipe you and everyone else out.
You're gonna die anyway...
Now I'm not saying eat sleep and be merry for tomorrow we die. We should try to do what we can, while acknowledging there is plenty we can't - like preventing large asteroids from hitting the planet, the sun from going super nova, deadly gamma radiation bombarding earth from a neutron star, or making sure the polar caps don't melt in our lifetimes -- if they're gonna melt from mans activity over 200 years, they're gonna melt regardless of what you do in your lifetime.
For those who value choice, nine more ways to destroy the Earth.
Oh sure... Nobody posts in the asteroid thread because it's not something that can be childishly fought about in a contrived and partisan manner.
Don't think so?
Go check out how DeLong as two posts up about his "Atlantic Monthly Death Spiral Watch" because the Atlantic published something by Easterbrook.