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June 30th is Asteroid Day!
Quadibloc:
Of course, just *one* asteroid equivalent to the one that killed the dinosaurs, if it hits, would leave none of us around to worry about, let alone deal with, the next one. You don't mean that literally? Myriad species, including mammals already ascending, survived the Yucatan event, and Homo sapiens would survive an event of similar or even greater magnitude. Things would no doubt be difficult for a period, with agriculture being hit hard due to reduced photosynthesis, but given the near certainty that survivors would include persons steeped in every field of human knowledge, and that most of the world's infrastructure would survive, civilization would recover. And a *lesser* strike might cause enough economic damage to lessen our means to create a system to defend against asteroids, even if it meant we now had the will. It wouldn't matter. Given the infrequency of such events, there would be plenty of time to think about a defense system, or rather, to think about whether a defense system is possible. I don't think that there is agreement on the latter question at this time. In the USA we have to hope that Democrats are running FEMA when such an event occurs. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:20:51 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
wrote: On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 5:07:50 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote: True enough. But let it happen just once and see how much money we'll throw at it. We're very good at dealing (or attempting to deal) with foreseeable problems once the actually bite us. Of course, just *one* asteroid equivalent to the one that killed the dinosaurs, if it hits, would leave none of us around to worry about, let alone deal with, the next one. I think an impact similar to the Chicxulub event would be insufficient to drive humans to extinction, although it would almost certainly destroy or radically alter our existing societies. And a *lesser* strike might cause enough economic damage to lessen our means to create a system to defend against asteroids, even if it meant we now had the will. Asteroid sizes follow a power distribution law. An event such as the one that created the Arizona meteor crater is likely enough to be a genuine concern. Something which could be regionally damaging is far more likely than another dinosaur killer, or even something big enough to substantially destroy our world economy. Global warming is another problem that is even more urgent, though. Certainly true. But the UN already recognizes that. Making some recognition that asteroids present a potential hazard doesn't diminish that in any way. |
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On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 06:25:15 -0500, Davoud wrote:
In the USA we have to hope that Democrats are running FEMA when such an event occurs. Or NASA before it occurs. (Actually, if we don't get the Republicans out of power soon, and permanently, asteroids will be the least of our concerns.) |
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On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 7:10:29 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
(Actually, if we don't get the Republicans out of power soon, and permanently, asteroids will be the least of our concerns.) I don't know about _permanently_. If they're out of power for a decade or so, the party might start offering sane candidates again. After all, it is the party of Eisenhower in addition to Lincoln. John Savard |
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June 30th is Asteroid Day!
On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 10:09:02 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
wrote: On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 7:10:29 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote: (Actually, if we don't get the Republicans out of power soon, and permanently, asteroids will be the least of our concerns.) I don't know about _permanently_. If they're out of power for a decade or so, the party might start offering sane candidates again. After all, it is the party of Eisenhower in addition to Lincoln. The name may survive, but if the current philosophy of the Republican party survives, our nation will not. |
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June 30th is Asteroid Day!
Quadibloc:
I don't know about _permanently_. If they're out of power for a decade or so, the party might start offering sane candidates again. After all, it is the party of Eisenhower in addition to Lincoln. How I laughed! Do you seriously believe that the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower would have allowed Trump to take the White House!? This is the Party of Nixon (PoN). -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:24:13 -0500, Davoud wrote:
Quadibloc: I don't know about _permanently_. If they're out of power for a decade or so, the party might start offering sane candidates again. After all, it is the party of Eisenhower in addition to Lincoln. How I laughed! Do you seriously believe that the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower would have allowed Trump to take the White House!? This is the Party of Nixon (PoN). I'd welcome back the party of Nixon if it meant trading out what we have now. |
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June 30th is Asteroid Day!
On Thursday, 16 February 2017 14:03:07 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:39:17 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc wrote: On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 7:09:34 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote: (Seriously though, it is not entirely outside our power to take action to prevent such a strike, so there may well be value in expanding awareness of the possibility.) I admit that, but because the prospect of an asteroid impact is so remote, and the general public has other priorities... it seems to me that an "Asteroid Day" to raise general awareness is not a direction likely to yield much in the way of useful results. True. All the same there are more than 100 UN international days, and hundreds more established by different countries. Most are just symbolic commemorations of something or another. Symbols are not without power, even if that power is very small. Most are pointless or driven by narrow interests. Maybe the UN, in honour of itself as the World's political parasite should have "World Government Day?" |
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June 30th is Asteroid Day!
Quadibloc:
I don't know about _permanently_. If they're out of power for a decade or so, the party might start offering sane candidates again. After all, it is the party of Eisenhower in addition to Lincoln. Davoud How I laughed! Do you seriously believe that the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower would have allowed Trump to take the White House!? This is the Party of Nixon (PoN). Chris L Peterson: I'd welcome back the party of Nixon if it meant trading out what we have now. Yes, there's a lot of nostalgia for Nixon these days. The Nixon who said, in dedicating the American Museum of Immigration: "The American ideal has also braved the storms of time. And it always will, as long as we keep alive the spark of freedom, ambition, opportunity, and self-respect, as long as we keep alive the faith and the commitment that transformed the poor, the oppressed, and the downtrodden of the earth into proud, free citizens of the United States." --Sept. 26, 1972 God bless our wonderful late president Nixon. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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June 30th is Asteroid Day!
On Saturday, 18 February 2017 06:07:27 UTC+1, Davoud wrote:
God bless our wonderful late president Nixon. I doubt that any god, worth its name, is interested. The present holder of the claim to fame seems to be suffering from acute, delusional paranoia. Probably par for the course where great wealth denies that person any recognizable form of conscience or empathy. Their lives are wasted searching for the next insane fix in a desperate bid to satiate their crippling obsession with wealth. The present incumbent is now seen to be completely naked. Meanwhile he insists on pole dancing at every press conference and public twit ceremony. I think we may we safely assume that reality has left the building. [aka: the white house.] Not much sign of reality anywhere in that blighted land at the moment. In a sane world his twit account would be closed down if only to maintain the illusion of reality. [Until the next pole vaulting event.] |
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