It's the sun stupid ... Always has been

[Woodznutz]

Why would he want to?

I've been wondering that myself.

 

[Dekster]

Christ will save us from our race to self-destruction.

I won't be around either way. Other people's problems are other people's problems.

 

[sparky]

So if the earth has climate cycles, is it reasonable to conclude the sun does as well??

~S~

 

[justoffal]

Well I am guessing humanity kills itself well before that billion years gets here

The billion years is just a best guess. Odds being what they are that gives us plenty of time for the long overdue planetary killer strike by a mile wide asteroid. The last one was only $65 million years ago. Hardly anything compared to a billion years.

 

[Dekster]

The billion years is just a best guess. Odds being what they are that gives us plenty of time for the long overdue planetary killer strike by a mile wide asteroid. The last one was only $65 million years ago. Hardly anything compared to a billion years.

Bezos can just shoot some breeders up in the air right before it hits and they can replenish the planet ten minutes later after the strike is over.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Correlation does not prove causation. You are mistaking the natural warming of an interglacial period for AGW.

Which he never acknowledges even though most do.

 

[luiza]

Christ will save us from our race to self-destruction.

He will take one look and give us a repeat ,
" Jesus Wept "

Probably muttering , "Stupid Fuckers " under his blessed breath .

 

[ReinyDays]

The billion years is just a best guess. Odds being what they are that gives us plenty of time for the long overdue planetary killer strike by a mile wide asteroid. The last one was only $65 million years ago. Hardly anything compared to a billion years.

Why do you think the meteor impact 65 million years ago was a planetary killer? ... birds survived and prospered ... mammals survived ... insects survived and terrorized birds ...

Only dinosaurs perished ... and some evidence shows they were already in deep trouble ... the breaking of Gondwana at 100 million years ago caused a new Ice Age to occur ... that's death to cold-blooded animals ... if the meteor didn't kill off the dinosaurs, the ice caps would have ...

Almost all life of Earth is single cell bacteria ... and bacteria doesn't care about meteors ...

 

[Woodznutz]

Why do you think the meteor impact 65 million years ago was a planetary killer? ... birds survived and prospered ... mammals survived ... insects survived and terrorized birds ...

Only dinosaurs perished ... and some evidence shows they were already in deep trouble ... the breaking of Gondwana at 100 million years ago caused a new Ice Age to occur ... that's death to cold-blooded animals ... if the meteor didn't kill off the dinosaurs, the ice caps would have ...

Almost all life of Earth is single cell bacteria ... and bacteria doesn't care about meteors ...

Even more revealing is that while the entire surface of the earth shows evidence of repeated cataclysms the organisms that evolved were able to survive and continue to evolve. Likely because they saw the upheaval coming and migrated to safer places where they could continue to evolve uninterrupted.

 

[ReinyDays]

Even more revealing is that while the entire surface of the earth shows evidence of repeated cataclysms the organisms that evolved were able to survive and continue to evolve. Likely because they saw the upheaval coming and migrated to safer places where they could continue to evolve uninterrupted.

There's life everywhere we look here on Earth ... no matter the cataclysm, life will rebound in abundance ... everywhere on Earth ... there's no place safe from biology ... even Antarctic supports lichens and algae ...

 

[CallTheCobra]

The dumbest of the dumb claim it is the sun.

The sun is causing "the warming."

The real question is where is the "warming" and what is the evidence of it.

The OP is explaining that which does not exist...

 

[justoffal]

Why do you think the meteor impact 65 million years ago was a planetary killer? ... birds survived and prospered ... mammals survived ... insects survived and terrorized birds ...

Only dinosaurs perished ... and some evidence shows they were already in deep trouble ... the breaking of Gondwana at 100 million years ago caused a new Ice Age to occur ... that's death to cold-blooded animals ... if the meteor didn't kill off the dinosaurs, the ice caps would have ...

Almost all life of Earth is single cell bacteria ... and bacteria doesn't care about meteors ...

Well 90 percent plus .... Yes it actually selected the survivors.... There's a good chance that if the dinosaurs didn't get put aside man would never have made it.

 

[ReinyDays]

Well 90 percent plus .... Yes it actually selected the survivors.... There's a good chance that if the dinosaurs didn't get put aside man would never have made it.

A silly take on this idea is the Super Mario Bros movie from 1993 ... King Koopa is played by Dennis Hopper so is has to be good ... a plumber's take on 'what if' the dinosaurs survived ...

 

[Woodznutz]

Even more revealing is that while the entire surface of the earth shows evidence of repeated cataclysms the organisms that evolved were able to survive and continue to evolve. Likely because they saw the upheaval coming and migrated to safer places where they could continue to evolve uninterrupted.

In case no one caught it this post, #29, was a tongue-in-cheek response. I do not believe in evolution.

 

[ReinyDays]

In case no one caught it this post, #29, was a tongue-in-cheek response. I do not believe in evolution.

No one cares ...

 

[Woodznutz]

No one cares ...

Lots here care enough to argue with me about it.

 

[Woodznutz]

Why do you think the meteor impact 65 million years ago was a planetary killer? ... birds survived and prospered ... mammals survived ... insects survived and terrorized birds ...

Only dinosaurs perished ... and some evidence shows they were already in deep trouble ... the breaking of Gondwana at 100 million years ago caused a new Ice Age to occur ... that's death to cold-blooded animals ... if the meteor didn't kill off the dinosaurs, the ice caps would have ...

Almost all life of Earth is single cell bacteria ... and bacteria doesn't care about meteors ...

Or God was just through with dinosaurs.

 

[ReinyDays]

Lots here care enough to argue with me about it.

I've presented you with my argument ... I've received no answer yet ... why do you think the DNA molecule cannot be changed? ... it's just a couple of atoms differences between bases ... the A changes to T ... you know, evolution ... if this change causes the individual to produce more offspring, then this change will be passed on and after so many generations will dominate the entire gene pool ... a "beneficial" mutation ...

This mutation need only happen once ... that's enough to eventually come to dominate the entire taxon ... thus the basic assumption of ToE: "Once is enough" ...

Or God was just through with dinosaurs.

The Bible doesn't mention dinosaurs ... "rocks shaped like gigantic vertebra is a curiosity ... but they're just rocks, the way God created them" ... isn't that the proper "main stream" Christian opinion? ... God likes His practical jokes after all ...

Or maybe dinosaurs have nothing to do with what was created ...

 

[Woodznutz]

I've presented you with my argument ... I've received no answer yet ... why do you think the DNA molecule cannot be changed? ... it's just a couple of atoms differences between bases ... the A changes to T ... you know, evolution ... if this change causes the individual to produce more offspring, then this change will be passed on and after so many generations will dominate the entire gene pool ... a "beneficial" mutation ...

This mutation need only happen once ... that's enough to eventually come to dominate the entire taxon ... thus the basic assumption of ToE: "Once is enough" ...



The Bible doesn't mention dinosaurs ... "rocks shaped like gigantic vertebra is a curiosity ... but they're just rocks, the way God created them" ... isn't that the proper "main stream" Christian opinion? ... God likes His practical jokes after all ...

Or maybe dinosaurs have nothing to do with what was created ...

After 60 million years you'd think dino bones would be buried deeper.

 

[ReinyDays]

After 60 million years you'd think dino bones would be buried deeper.

They are ... they'd be buried throughout the crust, including the surface ... I thought you wanted to discuss evolution ... that's more of a geology comment ...