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Re: Earth?s expiration date, 3016

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AlleyCat <al@aohell.com> wrote:

>The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds 
>of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate 
>tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, 
>the magnetic reversal of the poles; hundreds of thousands of years of 
>bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors; worldwide floods, tidal 
>waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages... And 
>we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a 
>difference? The planet... the planet... the planet isn't going anywhere. 
>WE ARE! 

The "Great Dying" was, I believe, a mega flow volcano across major
coal fields.  We think WE'RE doing a global warming crisis.  

Then one theory about the K-T boundary was that debris tossed out of
the crater and re-entering the atmosphere around the planet basically
set the sky on "bake" and killed off pretty much anything that didn't
live in water or burrow for a living.

The planet and vertebrate life survived both of those.  But it
wouldn't have been fun.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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Earth’s expiration date, 3016  The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-17 10:14 -0800
  Re: Earth’s expiration date, 3016 Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> - 2016-11-17 12:34 -0600
    Re: Earth’s expiration date, 3016 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-17 12:31 -0800
      Re: Earth’s expiration date, 3016 Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> - 2016-11-17 16:20 -0600
  Re: Earth’s expiration date, 3016  Steve L <x@y.z> - 2016-11-17 16:20 -0500
    Re: Earthís expiration date, 3016  FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2016-11-17 18:51 -0500
  Re: Earth?s expiration date, 3016 AlleyCat <al@aohell.com> - 2016-11-17 20:07 -0600
    Re: Earth?s expiration date, 3016 Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-11-17 22:02 -0700
  Re: Earth’s expiration date, 3016 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-18 09:50 -0800
    Re: Earth’s expiration date, 3016 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-18 10:23 -0800

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