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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (10095)2/23/2012 8:57:43 AM
From: Brumar892 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 85487
 
There might or might not have been a methane connection to the Permian extinction event. They don't know what caused it and methane releases are one of a bunch of possible explanations. It could have been a meteor strike - so maybe instead of worrying about methane we should launch a rush program to put up a meteor shield. Or it may have been a result of volcanic eruptions ... don't know what we should do about that.



To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (10095)2/23/2012 10:00:31 AM
From: sm1th1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 85487
 
Do we know for sure there is a connection? No. Should we take steps to minimize the danger going forward? Yes.


We know that a large meteor hitting earth would cause mass extinction. Should we spend trillions building a space based meteor swatter to minimize the danger just in case?


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