Anyone Else Scared the Earth is Going to Go Kablooey?

[kermitjewel]

Hydrogen powered Jeep is what im thinking

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[JasonInDLH]

Also, an important idea to consider even if everything is going to go "kablooey" as you say... Why worry about it? Live your life the best you can with whatever time you have.

Unless, you are part of the scientific team in charge of these fusion experiments.

It a good thing I’m not part of that scientific team…

 

[JasonInDLH]

If the Earth does go Kablooey, you won't know it. Neither will anyone else. No one will notice you're gone and you won't notice they're gone. Feel better now?

Absolutely feel better now. But I’ll seriously miss my Jeep that I’ve been waiting for.

 

[JasonInDLH]

Hydrogen powered Jeep is what im thinking

Sign me up! Cant wait to get some H refueling stations around MN.

 

[JasonInDLH]

Your post reminds me of another movie... "I am Legend"

A scifi thriller about a future time when doctors come up with a vaccine to cure cancer and the majority of the earth's population receive it.

Only to be turned into vampire zombies because of it.

Great movie! Meaning to watch it again lately.

 

[JasonInDLH]

Pretty much the scenario in " Midnight Sky ", George Clooney.
"An Accident" totals the planet, pick Large Hadron Collider , Tokamak, God Particle, just couldn't resist pushing that Button...

Sounds like a great movie…I’ll have to check it out!

 

[Pinion]

Bring it. I could use a break.

 

[JasonInDLH]

Either live your life fearing maybe's and what if's or . . . live your life!

I fear that I’ve taken too much time trying to think of a funny comment for you tonight. So I shall be back once I have a good one for you.

 

[JasonInDLH]

Lunchtime and I’m bored, so here goes… not directed at OP, but to everyone who is interested in my opinion.

I think a lot of good will come from trying to reduce global warming. It will spurn great new technology, just like the space race did. Linked article about nuclear fusion is just one example.

Should China stop bringing two new coal burning operations online every week? Yes. Will the world’s reliance on their ability to produce cheap goods stop anytime soon? No. Ergo, China will keep doing what it’s doing. They are now, arguably, the most powerful country in the world. They are also doing the most damage to our planet.

Recycling is a joke. Corporations have successfully marketed the problem as one that consumers can fix. They lobbied politicians, and laws were passed to allow them to do bad sh*t. Give me a break. If Nestle and Coke stopped stealing water and making plastic bottles they’d have more positive enviromental impact in a year than consumers could create in a lifetime.

My V6 Wrangler is not the problem, and ESS won’t put a dent in fixing it.

When the industrial revolution was at its peak, many said it would be the end of all that was good. Guess what? It wasn’t. We’re a very adaptable species. We will adapt to climate change.

I am not worried that the earth will go kablooey. I am also not in the “everything’s fine, let’s not try anything new” camp. I am firmly in the “let’s not let China and corporate greed ruin the planet” camp.

We all need to employ common sense and critical thinking. Question our elected leaders. All of them. That means the ones for which we cast our ballots. It’s our duty.

Political sycophancy is a scourge. Don’t participate in identity politics.

Most Americans are in the middle. Vote in primary elections so we don’t keep getting extremists from which to choose!

CNN and Fox profit by creating division. They sensationalize to sell ads. Ditto for social media. Shameful. Don’t fall for it.

Well said. @OldGuyNewJeep for President!

Er..sorry…I revoke my previous comment. No politics allowed young man!

 

[JasonInDLH]

I'm deeply concerned ...by threads like this one.

So am I. I’m very concerned OP has fallen off his rocker.

 

[JasonInDLH]

My money is on Tokamak.

Not gonna lie….had to Google that one.

 

[4xFUN]

Like the old saying goes:
Dream and plan as though you will live forever but live today like you will die tomorrow...

 

[JasonInDLH]

Yeah. I mean, they're making good progress. But they're still a ways out.

Reminds me of a project I worked on. Our standard response to management on time estimates was "two weeks".

Manager: "How much longer before you get your task done?"
Me: "Two weeks."

Manager: "How long to port the operating system to the new board?"
Me: "Two weeks."

Manager: "When will you be back from lunch?"
Me: "Two weeks."

Manager: (trying to be clever) "You've been working this for two weeks, are you done?"
Me: "Nope, I'll be done in two weeks."

Now that’s good one!

 

[JasonInDLH]

Not worried at all.

I bet you’d be worried if your turbo engine quit spoolin’.

 

[JasonInDLH]

Yeah, I'm sure something "unexpected" will happen. It always does with high energy physics. We may get some bangs but I'm pretty sure the radiation risk is nowhere what it is with fission. But I could be wrong.

We’ll be ready!

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