On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:24 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 31 October 2013 12:13, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Of course if there are 7 billion people it's more likely there will be >> survivors than if there are only few million. But an asteroid strike could >> easily be big enough to wipe-out all terrestrial life bigger than >> bacteria. We have the concept now, but we don't have any ability to do >> anything about it and we probably still won't fifty years from now. >> > > But we might in 100 years, or 200, if we continue to advance > technologically, which still gives us a good chance of averting any > impending impacts. Whereas if we revert to, say, a Medieval level of > technology, we'll have no chance whatsoever. >
I agree with this, though I have a more optimistic view of the time frame involved. There is of course, still a great danger we meet some calamity and fall into another dark age, but I think if we can make it another 30-40 years we will arrive at the point where technology can save us and the Earth. Also, there is a nice rendering of such an impact for those who haven't seen it: http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=18959 Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
