http://futurismic.com/2008/03/26/moving-the-earth/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://futurismic.com/2008/03/26/moving-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-13828 Slippy Lane Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:32:36 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2008/03/26/moving-the-earth/#comment-13828 It stands to reason that by the time our Sun is due to cook us all in our shoes, we will (if we haven't already destroyed ourselves) be at least a Type 1 civilisation (we're currently an untyped civilisation - barely a civilisation at all) and will thus have the technology and energy resources required to up sticks and move on, in our entirety. Of more immediate concern is the upcoming ice-age, which we can expect to see probably a hundred-thousand years or so after the current ice-age has finished. It stands to reason that by the time our Sun is due to cook us all in our shoes, we will (if we haven’t already destroyed ourselves) be at least a Type 1 civilisation (we’re currently an untyped civilisation – barely a civilisation at all) and will thus have the technology and energy resources required to up sticks and move on, in our entirety. Of more immediate concern is the upcoming ice-age, which we can expect to see probably a hundred-thousand years or so after the current ice-age has finished.

]]> http://futurismic.com/2008/03/26/moving-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-13721 Jeremy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:50:40 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2008/03/26/moving-the-earth/#comment-13721 Ooh, I haven't read that one. Add another book to the already-tall pile. Ooh, I haven’t read that one. Add another book to the already-tall pile.

]]> http://futurismic.com/2008/03/26/moving-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-13550 Gray Rinehart Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:41:32 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2008/03/26/moving-the-earth/#comment-13550 Sounds like A WORLD OUT OF TIME by Larry Niven. Earth ended up in orbit around Jupiter, if I recall. Sounds like A WORLD OUT OF TIME by Larry Niven. Earth ended up in orbit around Jupiter, if I recall.

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