One of the things I like about The Onion, to which I pay cash money for the print version, is the "ads"
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@mxchara @VoiceofDuum Nah, this is a billions-of-years thing. They don't do billions of years.
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@thepoliticalcat Five, but do NOT downplay humanity's ability to choose poorly
@VoiceofDuum @thepoliticalcat Actually the move off the main sequence will start already in some 2 billion years. After that, when that 'explosion' occurs doesn't really matter. And BTW it won't be an explosion: Sun-sized stars just shed their outer layers as planetary nebulae and collapse into white dwarves. Hard to turn into a good meme.
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@aerofreak @VoiceofDuum Some people have always said that nuclear energy would make the energy crisis go away.
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Yes, because it would enable them to make the biggest profits imaginable, with all the subsidies and the passing on of all risks, including disposal, to the general public. -
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Yes, because it would enable them to make the biggest profits imaginable, with all the subsidies and the passing on of all risks, including disposal, to the general public.@aerofreak @VoiceofDuum No, more because a nuclear winter would come with a substantial reduction in demand for energy.
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@wendinoakland @VoiceofDuum Gurl, you YOUNG. I'm old as dirt, and let me tell you, by the time you hit your 70s, you got enough pain that you're ready to go someplace better. I ain't waiting for that day, I am FLYING to meet it.
@thepoliticalcat @VoiceofDuum Just saying, looks can deceive — I’m very well preserved.
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One of the things I like about The Onion, to which I pay cash money for the print version, is the "ads"
@VoiceofDuum TIL the onion still has a print version
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@aerofreak @VoiceofDuum Some people have always said that nuclear energy would make the energy crisis go away.
@ArtHarg @aerofreak @VoiceofDuum indeed, it would take away all our problems!
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One of the things I like about The Onion, to which I pay cash money for the print version, is the "ads"
@VoiceofDuum if humans are still alive in 40 billion years, when the sun explodes we will simply pop in another one as we do a light bulb
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@VoiceofDuum @thepoliticalcat Actually the move off the main sequence will start already in some 2 billion years. After that, when that 'explosion' occurs doesn't really matter. And BTW it won't be an explosion: Sun-sized stars just shed their outer layers as planetary nebulae and collapse into white dwarves. Hard to turn into a good meme.
> Actually the move off the main sequence will start already in some 2 billion years.
To be clear, a slow brightening of the Sun as the core fuel stock is depleting has already been going on over geological time. The switch off the main sequence is just an acceleration of this.
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@VoiceofDuum TIL the onion still has a print version
@robinsyl@meow.social @VoiceofDuum@mindly.social They push it quite hard these days.
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