the earth will be toast. but long before then (within 1B years) its growing heat would have already boiled away the oceans, scorched the land, and ejected the atmosphere into space. even though we wont be around then, do you guys think space travelling technology will be ready in time? and where exactly would mankind go?

Consider how far we've advanced in the last 100 years. Then consider that we'd have several millenniums (assuming no other factors in this equation) before having to worry about the Sun turning into a red giant.

We'll have the technology long before then, assuming we don't blow ourselves back into the stone age first.

aren't they ALREADY working on some kind of project exodus? I read somewhere they want to be able to see what they could do in say, the next 50 years should a situation like that occur. I think it was more from an economical viewpoint though.

but I guess it's not very likely we'll be around when any of this is going to happen

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Humans will have LONG left this Earth before our star expires.. but we will also have LONG LONG used up every natural resource available..

As previously discussed, this deadline is easy to make; we have a more realistic chance of being annihilated by either a metor or some other cosmic collision, or destroying ourselves through the use of nuclear technologies or wars and all the other crap that plauges humanity.

Oh and I forgot the #1 thing that is most important.. Just FYI, we , and all other large land animals will die out in about 750,000 years, based on Eaths inhabitability alone. This is because far before the Sun "dies" and turns into a Red Giant, it will heat up to the point that Earth will no longer be able to sustain "large land animals". Large being anything over abou 30 lbs. This is because as the sun ages, it releases more radiation and "heat". This increased radiation will eventually make Earth unlivable for creatures of our phyiscal stature. Life will continue to exist on Earth for Millions of years after the large land animals are gone, but we will not be able to be here without some sort of protection or way to deflect radiation.

Need I also remind you that to think we will still be around @ any time near either of these events is somewhat arrogant.. EVERY creature that has ever came to be on this Earth has died out. And although we have been gifted with amazing talents, it is still a stretch to think that we can defy nature and beat the circle of life and the way of the world.. Most estimates for the future of humans state that there is a 95% chance we will be extinct by the year 11,000. Again, both of my posts assume (somewhat foolishly) that another sort of pandemic, be it an asteroid or a plauge or another mass extinction doesn't completey remove us from any future we might possibly have.

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This post was edited by VolcomZ on Sep 29 2009 04:38pm

LOL Thanks... I Love science, not english and spelling..


P.S. JSP needs a damn spell checker!! lmao

how do you figure? where exactly did all of the life that exists now come from if every species died out? the correct answer is most died out, the rest evolved and kept reproducing. also your facts about 750k year climate changes due to the sun's increased activity is rediculous and id like to know where you found that info so i can post it here:

http://www.badscience.net/

This post was edited by juliusjuice on Oct 1 2009 06:40pm