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Nathan Struth · Nov 25, 2006, 12:51 am

WHat's everyon'es estimated Earth life span? (a habitable one is the definition of it lasting) I say 50-75 years. My reason is nuclear war. Please state your reason.

phoenix_fire · Nov 25, 2006, 01:30 am

Depends. The sun's good for several million more years. There's always the chance of a random comet. Or global warming. Or nuclear holocaust. Or pandemic. Potable water shortage. Global famine. Or all of the above.

Lullaby Chainer · Nov 25, 2006, 02:26 am

Or an apocalyptic Jesus. :eek: When's that supposed to happen?

The Architect · Nov 25, 2006, 10:28 am

I think Earth will last as long as we want it to. A meteor would be devastating but not everyone would die, pandemics not everyone will die. Nuclear holocaust, not everyone gets blown up. Food and water shortages, not everyone goes hungry or thirsty. All life on Earth will end when the sun dies ( explodes ) or an apocalyptic Jesus comes :)

**Jack** · Nov 25, 2006, 11:53 am

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WHat's everyon'es estimated Earth life span?

The planet itself is good for several million years yet. Nuclear war or a comet strike (or a returning Jesus) could spell an end to life as we know it on the planet, but the Earth itself would most likely survive and continue to orbit the sun as it does now.

phoenix_fire · Nov 25, 2006, 01:07 pm

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Or an apocalyptic Jesus. :eek: When's that supposed to happen?

You might note that you can find the aforementioned catastrophes in Revelation. That was under the "all of the above" category. Some is inferred. Most is not.

Nathan Struth · Nov 25, 2006, 05:18 pm

Sorry I meant life span of the human race. Not Earth life span my bad.

Jagged · Nov 25, 2006, 06:01 pm

Yes i was confused about the life span/Earth span thing. I bet earth is around for much much longer. Humans? 400-500 years sounds right to me fir humans. I simply dont think a nuclear war right now could wipe out the entire, human, race. I mean, somebody has to be there to launch the final missile right?

Athena · Nov 25, 2006, 07:00 pm

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I think Earth will last as long as we want it to. A meteor would be devastating but not everyone would die, pandemics not everyone will die. Nuclear holocaust, not everyone gets blown up. Food and water shortages, not everyone goes hungry or thirsty. All life on Earth will end when the sun dies ( explodes ) or an apocalyptic Jesus comes :)

The deal the US and Russia struck is if either one started a nuclear war, that would be the end of life on earth, because both would release all they have and they have more than enough to destroy life on earth.

iahag · Nov 25, 2006, 08:30 pm

I fnck!ng hate evolution. If all these big warmongering testeron fueled d!cks with nothing but sh!t to say and nothing to live for continue, then yes, were all going to die by nuclear war. As long as the causality remains, then it will happen. Kind of evolution in reverse I suppose ><. The human race makes me sick everyday.

Kuroko · Nov 25, 2006, 08:43 pm

Well, life on earth wouldn't end, radiation wouldn't filter to every living being on the plannet, there are a lot of bunkers arround the world, nuklear hollocaust probobly wouldn't finish us off either assuming a warning got out.

phoenix_fire · Nov 25, 2006, 09:39 pm

You forget the extreme climate changes that would accompany a nuclear holocaust: those that didn't die from the radiation or the explosions would just die more slowly.

Kuroko · Nov 26, 2006, 10:35 am

Not really, we find bacteria in the most outrageous of places.. some are even frozen as we speak.. life would cease.. the earth will boil or freeze.. then cool or melt and there would still be bacteria.. life.. would not have ended.. believe me.. it's hard to kill life.. think about the high floating forms of bacteria, they are designed to live through radiation and wouldn't be affected by the weather bellow..

Wait.. WHAT weather changes.. there really wouldn't be that many..

unless there were a lot of nukes let off in water for some unknown reason.. not much dust is really kicked up, most dust at ground height is vaporized before it's blown away..

Fonceai · Nov 27, 2006, 11:31 am

Life span of the human race...

Without some truly unifying event occurring to unify the entire planet, I'd say probably 300 years or so.

But how huge would that event have to be? The most small and subtle thing might be what does it, and its true significance could be lost until millenia later when history looks back and can say that that one thing was what saved us.

samsara15 · Nov 27, 2006, 09:54 pm

I'd go for a couple of thousand years, with several population crashes, before we exhaust the planet and drop below a sustainable population level. Bacteria and insects, of course, will outlast us by far, many millions of years, along with those fast breeding, adpatable rodents. That's evolution!

Nov 25, 2006, 12:51 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
Nathan Struth don't care Location: NY Posts: 267	How long will the Earth last? WHat's everyon'es estimated Earth life span? (a habitable one is the definition of it lasting) I say 50-75 years. My reason is nuclear war. Please state your reason. I'm just a fool caught in the rat race of life (Nathan Struth) please help me solve world hunger, It's hard to do it alone.

Nov 25, 2006, 01:30 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
phoenix_fire Paladin Location: Narnia Posts: 4,277	Depends. The sun's good for several million more years. There's always the chance of a random comet. Or global warming. Or nuclear holocaust. Or pandemic. Potable water shortage. Global famine. Or all of the above. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. -- Song 8:6

Nov 25, 2006, 02:26 am	#3 (permalink) (top)
Lullaby Chainer Posts: 3,019	Or an apocalyptic Jesus. :eek: When's that supposed to happen? *Powerful.. magical.. e-e-e-eevil..*

Nov 25, 2006, 05:18 pm	#7 (permalink) (top)
Nathan Struth don't care Location: NY Posts: 267	Sorry I meant life span of the human race. Not Earth life span my bad. I'm just a fool caught in the rat race of life (Nathan Struth) please help me solve world hunger, It's hard to do it alone.

Nov 25, 2006, 08:30 pm	#10 (permalink) (top)
iahag Skeptic of Skeptics Location: Bristol/Plymouth Posts: 219	I fnck!ng hate evolution. If all these big warmongering testeron fueled d!cks with nothing but sh!t to say and nothing to live for continue, then yes, were all going to die by nuclear war. As long as the causality remains, then it will happen. Kind of evolution in reverse I suppose ><. The human race makes me sick everyday. The more painless an exercise, the more likely you are of doing it. The more painful an exercise, the more likely you are of learning from it.

Nov 25, 2006, 10:28 am	#4 (permalink) (top)
The Architect Agnostic, Cynic Location: New York Posts: 285	I think Earth will last as long as we want it to. A meteor would be devastating but not everyone would die, pandemics not everyone will die. Nuclear holocaust, not everyone gets blown up. Food and water shortages, not everyone goes hungry or thirsty. All life on Earth will end when the sun dies ( explodes ) or an apocalyptic Jesus comes :)

Nov 25, 2006, 06:01 pm	#8 (permalink) (top)
Jagged 99 Red Balloons Location: Washington DC Posts: 274	Yes i was confused about the life span/Earth span thing. I bet earth is around for much much longer. Humans? 400-500 years sounds right to me fir humans. I simply dont think a nuclear war right now could wipe out the entire, human, race. I mean, somebody has to be there to launch the final missile right?

Nov 25, 2006, 08:43 pm	#11 (permalink) (top)
Kuroko Igneous Magma Posts: 305	Well, life on earth wouldn't end, radiation wouldn't filter to every living being on the plannet, there are a lot of bunkers arround the world, nuklear hollocaust probobly wouldn't finish us off either assuming a warning got out. Deist: 38% Scientist: 29% Debator: 15% Mathematician: 19%

Nov 25, 2006, 09:39 pm	#12 (permalink) (top)
phoenix_fire Paladin Location: Narnia Posts: 4,277	You forget the extreme climate changes that would accompany a nuclear holocaust: those that didn't die from the radiation or the explosions would just die more slowly. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. -- Song 8:6

Nov 26, 2006, 10:35 am	#13 (permalink) (top)
Kuroko Igneous Magma Posts: 305	Not really, we find bacteria in the most outrageous of places.. some are even frozen as we speak.. life would cease.. the earth will boil or freeze.. then cool or melt and there would still be bacteria.. life.. would not have ended.. believe me.. it's hard to kill life.. think about the high floating forms of bacteria, they are designed to live through radiation and wouldn't be affected by the weather bellow.. Wait.. WHAT weather changes.. there really wouldn't be that many.. unless there were a lot of nukes let off in water for some unknown reason.. not much dust is really kicked up, most dust at ground height is vaporized before it's blown away.. Deist: 38% Scientist: 29% Debator: 15% Mathematician: 19%

Nov 27, 2006, 11:31 am	#14 (permalink) (top)
Fonceai BANNED Location: New York Posts: 4,217	Life span of the human race... Without some truly unifying event occurring to unify the entire planet, I'd say probably 300 years or so. But how huge would that event have to be? The most small and subtle thing might be what does it, and its true significance could be lost until millenia later when history looks back and can say that that one thing was what saved us.

Nov 27, 2006, 09:54 pm	#15 (permalink) (top)
samsara15 I'm the camel Location: Maryland Posts: 657	I'd go for a couple of thousand years, with several population crashes, before we exhaust the planet and drop below a sustainable population level. Bacteria and insects, of course, will outlast us by far, many millions of years, along with those fast breeding, adpatable rodents. That's evolution! Economic Left/Right -8.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian –6.97