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 can we be entirely sure this isn't a serious talking point among evangelicals who hate environmentalism
@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.
@ArtHarg
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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@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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@VoiceofDuum
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"
@VoiceofDuum
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.
