Lorderl Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 So earlier this morning i got hooked on watching the history channel. The segment was on our planet earth. its estimated that in some +200 BILLION years the earth's core will go cold and the planet will be dead, us along with it. WERE ALL DOOMED I SAY, DOOMED!!!! so you best hurry and get those minis painted haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruunwald Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Isn't the sun doomed to die as a red giant and take us with it well before that? Like in 5 billion years? Liquid water only has about a billion years to go on this planet, also, if I understand it correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted August 25, 2009 Moderator Share Posted August 25, 2009 Technically, we WILL BE all doomed, not we WERE all doomed. This is 5-200 billion years in the future, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutebutpsycho Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Perhaps it's supposed to be we're? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorderl Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 Isn't the sun doomed to die as a red giant and take us with it well before that? Like in 5 billion years? Liquid water only has about a billion years to go on this planet, also, if I understand it correctly. sure, why not shorten the time frame by 195 billion years Technically, we WILL BE all doomed, not we WERE all doomed. This is 5-200 billion years in the future, after all. Perhaps it's supposed to be we're? not that my improper use of grammer will matter in 5 - 200 billion years from now, but i'll see about fixing that for you guys, wouldn't want you losing any sleep over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastman Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 We'll probably wipe ourselves out via pollution/climate alteration way before then. I'm hoarding air and sunscreen so I can witness the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorderl Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 I'm hoarding air and sunscreen so I can witness the end. haha, now your talking, you have a view spot picked out yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Porsenna Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Lucky for us we have until 100 Trillion years before the beginning of the Degenerate era. There's still hope! Damon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted August 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted August 26, 2009 We're more likely to all lose our hair before then at any rate. WE'RE ALL DOMED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntilZha Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Isn't the sun doomed to die as a red giant and take us with it well before that? Like in 5 billion years? Liquid water only has about a billion years to go on this planet, also, if I understand it correctly. That's exactly right. Within 1 billion years, the Sun will have increased its brightness to a point that will push the so-called "Goldilocks Zone" further outwards, rendering the Earth uninhabitable. 5 billion years from now, having used up its supply of hydrogen fuel, the Sun will fuse helium into carbon in an effort to keep itself going. The increased temperature and pressure required for this will cause the Sun to bloat and expand, engulfing Mercury, Venus, and perhaps Earth. 100 million years hence, the Sun will shed its atmosphere in a relatively gentle (cosmically speaking) manner, leaving behind a white dwarf, a stellar remnant made up of mainly carbon about the size of the Earth, but very dense. So dense that a teaspoon of its matter would weigh several tons. By the time Earth's geological engine slows down, we'll have already been through a lot worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug's Workshop Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Weren't we all doomed . . . er, I mean . . . DOOMED anyways? It's not like any of us are gonna get out of this life alive. The leading cause of death is being born . . . . -Doug (always cheerful, even in the face of certain death or DOOM, tonight or 50 years hence) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vejlin Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 5 billion years from now, having used up its supply of hydrogen fuel, the Sun will fuse helium into carbon in an effort to keep itself going. I admit ignorance on this subject, but I'm pretty sure the sun isn't capable of intent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 That's okay, I have a really nice (and large) towel. Now, where'd I put that Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethohman Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 WE'RE ALL DOMED! Seems kind of like a sensational tabloid to proclaim we are all DOMED! And really, what does it mean when one has a dome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted August 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted August 26, 2009 It means you're ripe and ready for the hair-loss mitigation ads that make up most of the rest of the magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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