It looks like we're all going to die...

[Phuz]

.... In 7.5 million years...

End of the world just 7.5 billion years away
By MICHELLE POUNTNEY
15jan03

THE end of the world has begun but it will be 7.5 billion years before happens.
The process of Earth devolving into a burned-out cinder to be eventually swallowed by the sun is under way.
Scientists from the University of Washington have placed earth's "day in the sun" at 4.30am to correspond with its 4.5 billion year age.
By 5am the billion year reign of animals and plants will end.
At 8am the oceans will vapourise.
At noon and after 12 billion years of being, the expanding sun will engulf Earth.

"The disappearance of our planet is still 7.5 billion years away but people really should consider the fate of our world and have a realistic understanding of where we are going," said astrophysicist Donald Brownlee.

In a book The Life and Death of Planet Earth, Dr Brownlee and paleontologist Peter Ward explain how microbes preceded complex life on Earth, and would probably outlast it.

"The last life may look much like the first life. A single-celled bacterium, survivor and descendant of all that came before," they wrote.

But eventually even the surviving microbes "will be seared out of existence".

"We live in a fabulous place at a fabulous time.

"It's a healthy thing for people to realise what a treasure this is in space and time and fully appreciate and protect their environment as much as possible," Dr Brownlee said.

"The sun gave life and ultimately it will bring death," Dr Brownlee said.

 

[Brutuskend]

I think everyone HERE will be gone LONG before then.

 

[Anubis]

cool!

i dont think humans will be ruleing this planet in 7.5 billion years but whatever

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I think everyone HERE will be gone LONG before then.

i dunno, dick clark may have a party at that time

 

[Grasshopper27]

Thanks, I'll be sure to add it to my appointment book...

 

[GoingUp]

it sure makes you philosophical when you think about it.... what is our purpose and why are we here.... what will happen to us....

 

[Broohaha]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
it sure makes you philosophical when you think about it.... what is our purpose and why are we here.... what will happen to us....

guh?

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
cool!

i dont think humans will be ruleing this planet in 7.5 billion years but whatever

I doubt humans will still be here in another 100,000 years. And that's being generous.

 

[BatmanNate]

Nothing is permanent. We've overstayed our welcome as it is.

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
cool!

i dont think humans will be ruleing this planet in 7.5 billion years but whatever

I doubt humans will still be here in another 100,000 years. And that's being generous.

agreed, im betting on coackroaches ruling the world...

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
cool!

i dont think humans will be ruleing this planet in 7.5 billion years but whatever

I doubt humans will still be here in another 100,000 years. And that's being generous.

yea and as things currently stand i dont think humans will see teh year 3000

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
it sure makes you philosophical when you think about it.... what is our purpose and why are we here.... what will happen to us....

According to George Carlin we are here because the earth wanted plastic.

 

[Smolek]

if all this war crap isnt handled properly we'll all be gone a lot sooner then 7.5 million years :disgust:

 

[TuxDave]

Maybe we can use lots and lots of rockets to push the Earth away. I figure that'll delay the Earth from crashing into the sun for another 1-2 years.

 

[BlamoHammer]

Damn it! Wouldnt you know that the Earth is going to be engulfed by the sun just two weeks before Duke Nukem Forever comes out! Damn you sun!!! DAMN YOU!!!

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: PCH0
Damn it! Wouldnt you know that the Earth is going to be engulfed by the sun just two weeks before Duke Nukem Forever comes out! Damn you sun!!! DAMN YOU!!!

ROTFLMAO

 

[notfred]

In 7.5 billion years we'll all have either killled each other off, or be living on different plants around the universe, travelling faster than light to get there.... I'm not really sure which.

 

[Imported]

Originally posted by: notfred
In 7.5 billion years we'll all have either killled each other off, or be living on different plants around the universe, travelling faster than light to get there.... I'm not really sure which.

I concur.. Imagine the technology those times may have.. wow.

 

[Phuz]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
it sure makes you philosophical when you think about it.... what is our purpose and why are we here.... what will happen to us....

According to George Carlin we are here because the earth wanted plastic.

ahahahahahaha

 

[Zugzwang152]

with all the nuclear biological and chemical weapons, we'll be dead long before our "billion year" reign. we might as well strap on a huge rocket and blast ourselves into the sun

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
with all the nuclear biological and chemical weapons, we'll be dead long before our "billion year" reign. we might as well strap on a huge rocket and blast ourselves into the sun

That sounds like a cool plan....I wonder how much you could charge for a wild ride like that.

 

[tarheelmm]

I cant beleive someone actually studies this stuff to figure it out. Whats the point?

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: tarheelmm
I cant beleive someone actually studies this stuff to figure it out. Whats the point?

people keep saying whats the point?, and eventually its 30 years away and all life is fvcked.

 

[Daxxax]

Saw this Physicist named Dr. Michio Kaku on the show "The Screen Savers", he has some interesting ideas on humanity. He talks about three levels of a civilization. Type I, Type II and Type III. According to the rules we are not even a level 1 civilization yet. Here is a link. It's a little long but very interesting. check it out.



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I think in 7.5 billion years we will have long left earth and our solar system.

 

[rh71]

Humans? Don't worry about it. Haven't you guys seen T3: Rise of the Machines yet ?