It’s unknown if it will hit earth or not, it will certainly come close, however if it does hit, it is known what part of the planet will be facing the asteroids trajectory – the Pacific Ocean, northern hemisphere. This means it will hit the location where it can possibly do the most damage to civilisation. And even if a giant tsunami doesn’t reach your home, what effect do you think the destruction of all those costal cities will have? Hundreds of billions of dollars damage and billions of refugees will affect every person on the planet.
If it does hit, peak oil will suddenly become insignificant.
And the odds of it colliding may be greater then you think. We’ll know more accurately the closer the date approaches, but some calculations put it at a 1 in 1000 chance of collision by 2036. That’s about the same as the chance of being in a car accident. We are currently driving the Earth around without insurance.
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Killer Asteroid headed for Earth 2036
Re: Killer Asteroid headed for Earth 2036
by Omnitir » Sun 09 Jul 2006, 22:50:44
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Re: Killer Asteroid headed for Earth 2036
by smallpoxgirl » Mon 10 Jul 2006, 20:03:06
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Omnitir', 'A')nd even if a giant tsunami doesn’t reach your home, what effect do you think the destruction of all those costal cities will have?
Let's see. Less grunge rock. Less cheesey franchise coffee stores. Less people=less pollution. Less atrocious California politics. Around here it'll mean less obnoxious Californians buying up all the land and building million dollar vacation homes. Less stupid electronic crap from SE Asia. OK. Help me out. What am I missing?
The Redwoods. That's the down side. It'll take out the couple of hundred remaining lowland Redwoods. Ohh well. Seems like a reasonable comprimise to me.
"We were standing on the edges
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
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Re: Killer Asteroid headed for Earth 2036
by Omnitir » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 01:13:42
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Omnitir', 'A')nd even if a giant tsunami doesn’t reach your home, what effect do you think the destruction of all those costal cities will have?
Let's see. Less grunge rock. Less cheesey franchise coffee stores. Less people=less pollution. Less atrocious California politics. Around here it'll mean less obnoxious Californians buying up all the land and building million dollar vacation homes. Less stupid electronic crap from SE Asia. OK. Help me out. What am I missing?
The Redwoods. That's the down side. It'll take out the couple of hundred remaining lowland Redwoods. Ohh well. Seems like a reasonable comprimise to me.
So you'd have no problem with a few million refuges moving into your backyard? And you’d have no concern about the economy, what ever state it may be in by the 30’s, crashing to a far worse condition? And you’d have no problem with sickness, disease and malnutrition greatly escalating and spreading across all corners of the land?
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Re: Killer Asteroid headed for Earth 2036
by smallpoxgirl » Tue 11 Jul 2006, 12:40:23
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Omnitir', 'S')o you'd have no problem with a few million refuges moving into your backyard?
Well...first of all they already are moving into my backyard. Secondly, why would a Tsunami bring refugees to Montana? Refugees generally don't do well in places where the winters get to -40F. If I was a refuge, I wouldn't venture outside the little west coast green belt. At least there you won't freeze.
>And you’d have no concern about the economy, what ever state
>it may be in by the 30’s, crashing to a far worse condition?
Not really. The Californians are already screwing up our economy. Buying up all the land and then doing nothing to support the local economy.
>And you’d have no problem with sickness, disease and
>malnutrition greatly escalating and spreading across all corners of
>the land?
It's a tsunami, not a plague. Why would those things happen? I dare say the west coast eats way more food than it grows."We were standing on the edges
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
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