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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@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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@VoiceofDuum At that time fusion energy will work.
@fenixmaster @VoiceofDuum i would be surprised
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@fenixmaster @VoiceofDuum i would be surprised
@bjarkess Our sun will go into a novae in about 5 million years. You cannot be surprised because you aren't there anymore.
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Forgot that, when she does, living on earth will end too, did they.
Gripping for (very weak) straws.@Dienstag @VoiceofDuum That's the joke, yes.
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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 ahahah
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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 this is good
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@aerofreak @VoiceofDuum No, more because a nuclear winter would come with a substantial reduction in demand for energy.
@ArtHarg
Now I've got you.
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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"
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Is it a true ad?
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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 @dabertime I’ve subscribed to print now for 2 years. Never fails that I get a bust-out-loud-laugh from it. Very seriously though, the need for humor has never been stronger.
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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 there was a print version!
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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 The answer seems obvious to me. When the sun explodes, we'll all have more solar power than we can possibly use for the rest of our lives.
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@VoiceofDuum TIL the onion still has a print version
@robinsyl @VoiceofDuum They reintroduced it recently, either 2025 or 2024 -
@VoiceofDuum @dabertime I’ve subscribed to print now for 2 years. Never fails that I get a bust-out-loud-laugh from it. Very seriously though, the need for humor has never been stronger.
@cobalt123 @VoiceofDuum @dabertime I should probably do this, too. I could use a good laugh in the mail.
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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 I still think about the column about Terry` Gross doing Fresh Air interviews whilst driving Ubers, daily
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@VoiceofDuum The answer seems obvious to me. When the sun explodes, we'll all have more solar power than we can possibly use for the rest of our lives.
the rest of our very short lives
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@VoiceofDuum You know, I love that, but all the air goes out of it when you remember it won't happen for, like, what, 4 BILLION years? Aramco might not even exist in a decade.
@thepoliticalcat @VoiceofDuum I'm pretty sure that's the joke?
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@aerofreak @VoiceofDuum Some people have always said that nuclear energy would make the energy crisis go away.
@ArtHarg @aerofreak @VoiceofDuum it's worth remembering that nuclear power and nuclear weapons are drastically different things, and nuclear power is not going to cause nuclear winter unless a lot of things go wrong
unironically, if nuclear winter happens and solar panels stop working, nuclear power might actually help with that 
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@mxchara @VoiceofDuum Nah, this is a billions-of-years thing. They don't do billions of years.
@martinvermeer @VoiceofDuum they might think the Sun will explode tomorrow when Jesus comes back
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@ArtHarg @aerofreak @VoiceofDuum it's worth remembering that nuclear power and nuclear weapons are drastically different things, and nuclear power is not going to cause nuclear winter unless a lot of things go wrong
unironically, if nuclear winter happens and solar panels stop working, nuclear power might actually help with that here's hoping we never need to seriously have that discussion, because we focus on degrowth and also don't put all our energy eggs in one basket@raphaelmorgan @aerofreak @VoiceofDuum The major difference between them is the timescale on which the nuclear energy is released. All the rest is either control or consequence
