Bhairitu wrote: > jim_flanegin wrote: > >> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Oct 17, 2006, at 1:01 AM, authfriend wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Chart of the length of time it would take >>>>> for all traces of human civilization to >>>>> disappear if we all died tomorrow: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.treehugger.com/files/doom_1.php >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Fascinating. I wonder, though, when they say 1,000 years for >>>> >>>> >>> stone, >>> >>> >>>> brick and concrete buildings gone, do they mean turned to rubble >>>> >>>> >> or >> >> >>>> completely disappeared? And how would that square with >>>> >>>> >> buildings >> >> >>>> that have survived for millennia, like the Coliseum and the >>>> >>>> >>> pyramids? >>> >>> Dunno, I was wondering that myself. I think they >>> mean turned to rubble, but buildings have survived as >>> buildings far longer than that, as you say. Maybe >>> modern buildings wouldn't, though. >>> >>> What gets me about the chart is how quickly the >>> earth's ecosystem would repair itself after human >>> beings were gone. >>> >>> >>> >> That chart gave me the creeps! It has a very passive-agressive feel >> to it, sort of a big F-you to humanity...not nice at all. OTOH, sure >> let's continue to try to be responsible energy producers/consumers... >> > It might also suggest that we can no longer see remains of civilizations > that may have existed on the planet over 50,000 years ago. And of > course if the Sun spits at us humanity will all be toast. Big hole in the Sun today: http://spaceweather.com/
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