The telephone rings.
A voice says
"You are notified that the sun has disappeared for good.".
You think "for bad" but declare:
We have about eight minutes so let's push on!
Head for the moon? A new world?
With so much talk about climate change, the arms race,
not to mention Brexit,
wouldn't it be good to hop onto another planet!
The message centres on the fact that the heat of the sun takes
about eight minutes to reach us.
It may be that the sun continues to hold the earth in orbit.
Without it, of course, we'd exist in minus temperatures
until we freeze.
What happens if the sun disappears? Ideas?
A range of results is displayed here.
The future of the earth depends on three factor-groups.
1 The influence of events within the cosmos. Ideas?
2 Changes in the Earth itself. Ideas?
3 The influence of man. Ideas?
The following is not exhaustive:
How long has the Earth before oblivion?
Oblivion due to universal forces?
changes within itself
man's influence?
We will leave attack from aliens.
Will we all drown?
Since at least the start of the 20th century, the average global
sea level has been rising. ...
This acceleration is due mostly to human-caused global
warming, which is driving thermal expansion of seawater
and the melting of land-based ice sheets and glaciers.
Or will we be blown to bits?
