How the world will end: Terrifying graphic reveals the gruesome fate of every planet when the Sun dies
- In five billion years the Sun will expand into a red giant 100 times larger than now
- The inner planets will be destroyed but the Earth might avoid being consumed
I could never be a journalist. It would never occur to me to use words such as terrifying and gruesome for an event predicted to occur in about five billion years.
Humans will be long gone, everything we have ever built will be long gone and Net Zero won't even be a memory of a memory. Even the language will have vanished, even the BBC licence fee will have come to an inglorious end - probably.
12 comments:
Not with a bang but a sizzle?
I can't wait!
DJ - it would certainly be a sizzle round here.
Anon - exciting but we'll just have to pass the time somehow.
Yes, but the NHS will still be underfunded & struggling until the heat death of the universe.
The last (terrified) radio signal from earth, received by real little furry creatures of Alpha Centauri, had a screeching message from some future Greeter. "I warned them. I told them. But all they did was mock my pigtails, my extensive air miles and my Muppet style Swedish accent. But who is laughing now?"
Anyway,being inured to the size of "not at all worrying " national debt, 5 Billion, even with an upper case, plosive, "B" does not seem such a big number now.
Nessimmersion - and social distancing will be introduced yet again to avoid people setting each other on fire in the heat.
Doonhamer - yes, the introduction of trillions has made billions seem like loose change.
We need to start planning now. We'll need a committee, and a range of new taxes to support research into towing the Earth away from the exploding sun. Complacency is the real killer.
Sam - good idea, although we'll need a logo and some slogans at an early stage. We'll also need a committee capable of producing a feasibility study within a billion years at the most.
So you don't think we'll be hob-nobbing around the galaxy, Star Trek style?
Bucko - no I don't, I think the distances are too vast. Could send robots to nearby stars perhaps.
Also a Fire Development Subcommittee.
Chromatistes - good idea, they could produce lots of fire-proof leaflets about what to do when things get really warm.
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