Congress hears options for asteroid defense: Pay now or pray later

[Luddly Neddite]

Ronnie Ray-Gun would be so proud.

And, what the hell. Its not as though Congress has anything more immediate to deal with. And, Obama has succeeded in lowering the debt to less than $ONE TRILLION. Congress can start yelling CHARGE IT again, especially if the R war profiteers can make a buck of the gullible voters.

 

[Meister]

Funny how some of those Rs are worried about "cosmic threats" that are very unlikely, but call AGW a myth, despite the known properties of CO2 and the fact that we put more of it into the atmosphere in days than all the volcanoes on earth do in a normal year.

A rock aimed at the earth is a provable threat with a determinate solution. Fluctuations in climate that may/could/should/wont cause drought/flooding/cooling/warming/dogs-cats living together/ unless we seceede more power to our fuzzy loving government is not a provable threat, but seems to have the same solution statists everywhere propose for everything.

A provable threat? When is an extinction-level asteroid slated to hit earth? What's the solution, if one is headed our way? IMO, the danger is even more remote than the scientifically provable absorption of IR radiation by CO2 and its continuing increase in the atmosphere. The solutions to the potential problems are also on a very different order with those for an asteroid strike being very speculative and unproven. Those for AGW, on the other hand, are much more fleshed out. To me this just proves once again that the skepticism/denial regarding AGW is all about the politics and has very little to do with the actual science. You're downplaying and bashing the more likely scenario, while giving credence to the very unlikely possibility of a significant asteroid strike.

You and your premise are a dinosaur. Scientists are jumping ship.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Funny how some of those Rs are worried about "cosmic threats" that are very unlikely, but call AGW a myth, despite the known properties of CO2 and the fact that we put more of it into the atmosphere in days than all the volcanoes on earth do in a normal year.

Very unlikely? Guess you never been to metor crater. An asteroid strike or the Super Volcano under Yellowstone erupts will probaly wipe us out before climate change does. So dont worry about it.

Gosh, when you put it that way -

Hmmmm ... Its not just the AZ crater. There was also the one in Siberia, the one just recently in Russia and The Big One in the Yucatan ...

... and all within only 4000 years.

:rolling eyes:

 

[Luddly Neddite]

A rock aimed at the earth is a provable threat with a determinate solution. Fluctuations in climate that may/could/should/wont cause drought/flooding/cooling/warming/dogs-cats living together/ unless we seceede more power to our fuzzy loving government is not a provable threat, but seems to have the same solution statists everywhere propose for everything.

A provable threat? When is an extinction-level asteroid slated to hit earth? What's the solution, if one is headed our way? IMO, the danger is even more remote than the scientifically provable absorption of IR radiation by CO2 and its continuing increase in the atmosphere. The solutions to the potential problems are also on a very different order with those for an asteroid strike being very speculative and unproven. Those for AGW, on the other hand, are much more fleshed out. To me this just proves once again that the skepticism/denial regarding AGW is all about the politics and has very little to do with the actual science. You're downplaying and bashing the more likely scenario, while giving credence to the very unlikely possibility of a significant asteroid strike.

You and your premise are a dinosaur. Scientists are jumping ship.

"ScientistS"??

LinkS??

 

[Meister]

A provable threat? When is an extinction-level asteroid slated to hit earth? What's the solution, if one is headed our way? IMO, the danger is even more remote than the scientifically provable absorption of IR radiation by CO2 and its continuing increase in the atmosphere. The solutions to the potential problems are also on a very different order with those for an asteroid strike being very speculative and unproven. Those for AGW, on the other hand, are much more fleshed out. To me this just proves once again that the skepticism/denial regarding AGW is all about the politics and has very little to do with the actual science. You're downplaying and bashing the more likely scenario, while giving credence to the very unlikely possibility of a significant asteroid strike.

You and your premise are a dinosaur. Scientists are jumping ship.

"ScientistS"??

LinkS??

Yup, and do your own damn homework, sonny.
Most that aren't on the payrole say the Earth has been cooling for the last 10 years. true story

 

[dilloduck]

We gotta give the scientists a job or they will create dangerous shit like plastic again

 

[itfitzme]

Probability of dying by a tordado *1 in 60000

Probability of dying due to an astroid 1 in 20000

Government Studies

Maybe the tornado death rate has gone up

 

[Wyatt earp]

Probability of dying by a tordado *1 in 60000

Probability of dying due to an astroid 1 in 20000

Government Studies

Maybe the tornado death rate has gone up

The odds of winning mega millions 1 in like 176,000.000 we have alot of gulible people here who think they can do a damn thing about climate change, when an Asteroid will prolly wipe them out 1st.