Studies Say Earth Won't Die As Soon As Thought 155
sciencehabit writes "Take a deep breath—Earth is not going to die as soon as scientists believed. Two new modeling studies find that the gradually brightening sun won't vaporize our planet's water for at least another 1 billion to 1.5 billion years—hundreds of millions of years later than a slightly older model had forecast. The findings won't change your retirement plans but could imply that habitable, Earth-like alien worlds are more common than scientists thought."
Re:Where is everybody? (Score:4, Insightful)
I suspect the reason we haven't heard from anybody is that the lifetime of high-power technological civilizations is only a few hundred to a thousand years. We're only about 200 years into industrial society, and we've already burned through most of the easy to get natural resources.
Not really. We're just too stupid to reprocess nuclear waste, or build breeder reactors, in the U.S.. France isn't that stupid.
Woah... dude. Thought's gonna die? (Score:4, Insightful)
Studies say Earth won't die as soon as Thought
Judging from the way some people act on this planet, Thought died a long time ago. That's right, I said it!
Re:Woah... dude. Thought's gonna die? (Score:5, Insightful)
Man, it's easy to get modded Insightful round here.
Re:Where is everybody? (Score:4, Insightful)
For example, I have seen a documentary where scientists are starting to consider digging up metals, such as copper from old garbage dumps. It the price for these resources makes this viable, it will be done. Same goes with all things "green", if the cost/benefit ratio makes it viable, it will be widely adapted.
Re:Woah... dude. Thought's gonna die? (Score:4, Insightful)