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Voted : Give it a hundred years
When the first evident signs that President Gore- uh, Mister Gore- was right begin to leap out at us...
I ask this not as some moral diatribe against pollution, or treating the Earth like a dump. But clearly, the earth can't sustain our way of life much longer, and unless the most unlimited human resource (human greed), finds some way to go green. So, unless corproations can radically change our way of life to sustain a new way of life, we'll have to leave. We'll probably have to leave anyway, because our resources like water may run our.
by aya on Thu Apr 26, 07 2:51pm
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You are aware of course that this planet is some 120 trillion miles away from us? At the speed of light, with an unlimited source of energy for acceleration and deceleration to the speed of light (probably more energy than there currently is in the universe), it would take 20.5 years.
If we ever develop even half of that sort of technology, it seems likely we would also devlop the technology to deal with the planets pollution problems.
"Space, is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindboggingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space"
"It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, but that not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so if every planet in the universe has a population of zero, then the entire population of the universe must also be zero, and any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination."
I really must read that book again.
Voted : Give it a hundred years
Once mankind unravels the mysteries of deep space travel, (worm holes, etc) and find short cuts to transverse infinite space, I'm outta here...  ...but I want a round trip ticket just in case...
King, the point is, that no matter what, no matter where we go (hell, we could colonize Mars) in a hundred years, we're going to have to leave the planet we're on now.
by aya on Thu Apr 26, 07 5:05pm
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Voted : Five hundred years at least
This isn't going to be easy, even if the planet has water (only a possibility) and a breathable atmosphere (another if). Just wait and see ...
Even if there IS life there, it's awfully coy of us to assume that they'd want us there, or that they wouldn't attack us for trying to take their stuff.
Nobody's ever tried to contact us before, that shows us how well-liked we are if there IS life out there.
Voted : Give it a hundred years
Lots of highschool educated people don't even care anymore to try and help our own planet.
So I guess there's not much hope for all the people who can't read or think past their town.
It's sad.
by Jyl on Thu Apr 26, 07 6:16pm
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Voted : Five hundred years at least
STAR TREK
Patterns of Force
KIRK: "Unbelievable. Do you recognize those uniforms?"
SPOCK: "Early 21st century Earth. The nation-state called Bush America."
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