Re: What Atheists Can't Answer

In News 46B335EF.FDA5C785@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Rich Travsky at 
traRvEsky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Governor Swill wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:24:02 -0600, Rich Travsky
>> <traRvEsky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>> When the sun shrinks into a white dwarf at the end of its stellar
>>>> lifetime, the Earth will still be orbiting it, with a mass and
>>>> velocity not much different than they are now.
>>>>
>>>> Unless I made a huge math error, which is possible.
>>>
>>> Surface temp of a red giant is in the 300 to 3500K range, or below,
>>> depends on the source. Plenty hot to fry and the proximity of the
>>> envelope means
>>> a kingsize dose of radiation. And solar wind. Or any other kind of
>>> emission.
>>
>> The Earth will be a cinder and life would have ceased to exist on it
>> long before.  And what effect would the explosion that results in a
>> white dwarf do to the orbit?
>
> Even worse. Time to find a sucker to sell your house and land to  ;)

This discussion reminds me of that ep of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" 
where they were showing "This Island Earth" and Exeder is witnessing the 
final destruction of his home planet, Metaluna.    He says something like,

"The surface temperature is thousands of degrees.." and Crow says, "Cooler

by the lake..."

I guess you had to be there.