How much water does Earth have? [ADDED EUROPA] - Page 3

Cape_Horn · 19th March 2013, 8:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Sankari

Son, I am disappoint. Every geek should know that quote.

Apparently Clarke is no longer on the required reading list anymore

(I wonder if my wife could pick it, I *think* she has read 2010)

CAPT-Irrelevant · 19th March 2013, 8:55 AM

It really puts things into perspective, but I find it hard to believe that that's all the water in the world...

If it was perhaps 1.5 times larger than what's been represented, then it'd be more believable.

ddk · 19th March 2013, 9:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Cape_Horn

Apparently Clarke is no longer on the required reading list anymore

(I wonder if my wife could pick it, I *think* she has read 2010)

I've actually tried my damnedest to find books by Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, etc. because I used to read a lot of that kind of thing as a kid and wanted to refresh and read ones I missed. Yet almost every bookstore I've been to doesn't stock them and not a single library I've checked has had any of them either.

I managed to find some in a big bookstore but they were all stupidly expensive collector's style books and no paper-backs. It seems everything has gone the way of e-books.

Bastard Child · 19th March 2013, 9:56 AM

Psssst... everyone shops on booko

Foliage · 19th March 2013, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CAPT-Irrelevant

It really puts things into perspective, but I find it hard to believe that that's all the water in the world...

If it was perhaps 1.5 times larger than what's been represented, then it'd be more believable.

The main reasons why it is unbelievable at first is due to how thin the crust is relative to the thickness of the earth, most people would just expect the crust to just burst into flames and burn.. which if the atmosphere was infinitely thick and there wasn't freezing cold space out there, it probably never would have cooled down.

power · 19th March 2013, 12:47 PM

Humans aren't even a speck in the timeline of the Earth, sooner we all realise if the better.

Foliage · 19th March 2013, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by power

Humans aren't even a speck in the timeline of the Earth, sooner we all realise if the better.

Even if we wipe all species out and cause a nuclear winter give the earth 100 million years and there will be new animals, just look what happened to the dinosaurs. The earth is remarkedly resilient.

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