When and how do you think the world will end?

[Spino]

Well speaking as to the world in its entirety; its crust, mantle, core, etc. then I think it's safe to say the sun will eventually do the job.

Speaking with regard to our world, as in that which concerns all life then my money's on a big rock doing the dirty deed. In the last billion years or so big rocks have had a nasty habit of intefering with evolutionary progress on our planet.


Speaking of which, a big rock is scheduled to miss us come July 3rd. Supposedly it's a about a half mile in diameter and will come almost as close as the Moon's average distance to the Earth. Too close for comfort eh?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/200606...pastearthjuly3

Just curious, how many of you would really care about the fate of our planet knowing our species is scheduled to buy the farm?

[Keba]

Just curious, how many of you would really care about the fate of our planet knowing our species is scheduled to buy the farm?

Well, since we'd be dead ... there's not much point in caring. The thing is, the ball of dirt would remain, and possinly a very few animals and plants, but, for the most part, anything that can actually wipe out humanity, can pretty much wipe out the entire planet along with us.

My own bet is on humans doing their thing and destroying as much as can be. It is doubtful that pretty much anything we do will wipe out the speices, but it is most certainly likely to wipe out civilization and force us to start over ... except with less resources.

And unless that something happens very soon (and by that I mean a century or two), humans will most definitely survive, but perhaps not on Earth.

[Ianofsmeg16]

In oooh about an hour, to make room for a hyperspace expressway.

GRAB YOUR TOWELS AND DONT PANIC!

[yesdachi]

When will the world end?
My birth certificate has an expiration date so I know when mine will end but as for the rest of you, the minute I remove my tinfoil hat… or if I forget to turn the lights off and on 13 times before I leave the house.