Hiding under a tree might not be such a bad idea if you prefer to be hit by large drops instead of that annoying steady drizzle.
The red giant might be a choice, but I understand that stars a bit lighter than the sun can continue shining for much longer. They would certainly not be as bright to look at, but you can move closer to them for warmth. I suppose that the main parameter of importance is that they be consistent in stellar output without danger of violent outbursts. Maybe our future generations will find one that is just right in size and that does not subject them to the mass ejections and solar cycles of today. I am not sure that we understand how the behavior of stars varies with mass once you get significantly smaller than the sun. Maybe there is a sweet spot. Dave -----Original Message----- From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Dec 17, 2012 6:09 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Data "Worrying" 2000 climatologists about Global Warming .... Jed sez: Quoting Asimov's "The Last Question" ... > "Sure you are. You're weak on logic, that's the trouble with you. > You're like the guy in the story who was caught in a sudden shower and who > ran to a grove of trees and got under one. He wasn't worried, you see, > because he figured when one tree got wet through, he would just get under > another one." Weellll…let me throw a little wrench into that argument if I may. Some of those trees will take a little longer to get thoroughly wet! Some a lot longer! While it's true all stars will eventually burn through their nuclear fuel we can at least delay the inevitable by choosing the right star system to migrate to. I believe there exist a class of Red Dwarfs that would be suitable for our purposes. Due to their small size and over-all low gravity they won't burn through their nuclear fuel very fast. We should either move (or build from scratch), a suitable planet and position it in the right goldilocks position of this red dwarf system. We can at least delay the inevitable by many many MANY billions of years. I believe the life-span on some of these Red Dwarfs has been estimated to be on the order of several magnitudes longer than our own hot tempered yellow sun. Plenty of time for additional hand wringing. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
