If a meteor was headed towards Earth, would you want to do something about it?

Question

Or would you just say "Oh well, it's going to hit us anyway, so why bother"? Ok. We all know that the Earth's temperature is rising and is going to cause lots of disasters. So, REGARDLESS of whether this is caused by humans or is just occuring naturally, do you want to at least TRY to do something about it, or just say "Why bother, it's going to happen anyway"?

Yes, campbelp…, I meand a big meteor. And, yes life was not endangered because life forms at that time were adapted to those temperatures, until it got cold, then most of them died.

Answer 1

People like Fred the Dog need to get an education so they don't end up in prison. For those of us who are smart enough to understand the science on how changing a lightbulb can help prevent global warming have a responsibility to do so to help keep the prisons cells cooler for those not smart enough to make basic connections.

Answer 2

Of course I would want to do something.

By the way, I assume you mean a really big, dangerous meteor, Like a 10 mile wide one. Because tiny , 1 inch meteors harmlessly hit Earth all the time. They vaporize in the upper atmosphere. In my view, global warming is more like the 1 inch meteor than the 10 mile one. It just isn't going to be as bad as most people in this forum think. The Earth has been that warm before. There was no ice even at the poles millions of years ago, and life was not endangered.

Answer 3

Of course. Who wants to go up in a ball of flames? Some people are passive enough and sit back and do nothing, but I would like to have the piece of mind that the millions of dollars Nasa spends (government money at that) is going towards keeping the planet safe.

Answer 4

Reading the answers I will says a few things.

I would like to know, would they tell us No. a single person is rational, you tell millions of people and well it would get ugly fast roits murders what not.

On the global warming issue. 1 Light bulb wont make a difference Billions of light bulbs would. if say LA or New York all went to the new light bulb can you even imagine how much less power the cities would use?

And on the Global warming I am on the Yes its a natural occurrance we are just speeding it up and making it much more powerful. Sort of like, the sun shining on you and then add a magnifinging Glass same sun just made a little stronger. If you remember from history we are only about 10% of the global population left from the last one.We just populate fast.

I would say try slow it down, it will happen regardless how fast depends on everyone on the planet. Most people are narrow minded and only think of a small section of the planet say United States, but you need to add Asia, Russia, Europe, Austrailia and such Think GLOBAL.

Personally you want to know how bad it is check out the wild life. Like Bird Migration, Fish patterns, Plants.

For example, Some Alaskan hunters ( Eskimos ) are afraid to hunt on Ice since they are losing more and more to thin ice now, they also see animals they have no names for, mainly birds and some fish. Ok this is roughly 5000 years of animal knowledge they passed along, sorta like say Flamingos nesting at the Great Lakes, we know them from discover channel or books. But take away the books you read or the discovery channel and you lived there all your life and you see them and ask you parents or grandparants and no one knows what kind of birds they were because as far back as they remeber no one has ever seen one now you have Thousands. (Flamingos were only used as a example.)

Personally, I used to fish at Monterey California as a kid. Fishing was Fantastic in the summer months you always came home with enough, even more then enough did alot of catch and release.Go fish there now and you will not find fishing so great actually you usually go home with nothing. Thats only 20 year span here.
Many sea birds are dieing and when they are studied showed that 80% of them died starvation.I think the report said they usually find around 10 dead birds now they found around 250. They have also noticed a pattern of the fish moving further and further north. The fish was another report from the birds but I think they should go hand in hand.Thats just in Monterey Bay.

How does that affect us, maybe we should look at it more like a sign Like stop something is wrong here we should probably fix it. Will we, nah cost to much money maybe it will fix itself. From my little view point of it, its only getting worse but I am not a scientist I just lived there and seen it, and from reports its not any better to date. Like most stories its like anyone " hey bob how was the fishing , nothing got skunked again. Hey remeber when we were kids and we used to catch all them over by the Wilkins place on the river." That sounds alot like most fishing stories lately. But think of it as your life and when you go to a restuarant and want Halibut or say Rock Cod and they say sorry we are out and every place is out even Grocery Stores. Would you notice?



Personally off Topic maybe. I am concerned about the bees.
Most like myself thought oh honey shortage at first. Then thought about it more. Nope, less bees means less pollenaters, that means less nuts, less fruits, less food in general. amazing how one little thing can have a huge impact on the world when you look at what they do. Back to light bulb one light bulb not a biggy Billions of light bulbs now you see a difference.

Look at the small things, they usually add up to something much bigger.

Thanks for letting me Rant.

Answer 5

In 2029 or on it quite is return trip in 2036 the asteroid 99942 Apophis ought to in all probability strike Earth. this could be quite undesirable, by fact it quite is around 4 hundred meters huge. i haven't heard something approximately one the size of Alaska, although.

Answer 6

ignorance may be bliss, but knowledge is power.

with power comes responsiblity.

i'd say that at least 60% of our nation will not take responsbility in even the smallest of efforts to help curtail this concerning meterorlogical phenomnenon. they do not care because they do not believe the information and are content at remaining blissfully ignorant.

Answer 7

Funny! You see if a meteor was going to hit the earth, their is NOTHING we could do about it. Also the earth get hot and cooler and their is also NOTHING you can do about it! Changing light bulbs will NOT change the weather.

Answer 8

the only thing i would try to do is to
share time with my friends and family
i truely hope that that will not happen

Answer 9

i would go to Disneyland because it's the place on earth and if anywhere survives it will be Disneyland because its magical!

Answer 10

yea.. alert NASA.. lol