Todd Fatheree wrote:

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Robatoy wrote:

In article ,
"J. Clarke" wrote:

And of course you're also planning to throttle down the Sun to just
what
we
need so that it doesn't run out of hydrogen sooner than it has to. Or
is
that too long a time frame for you to be concerned about? And you
criticize others for thinking short term. Shame, shame.

I am looking really hard to find the humour in this because you canNOT
be serious.

There is no humor. It's going to run out of hydrogen eventually. But I
guess that that's so far in the future that you don't care what
generation gets saddled with the problem.

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No problem. After the hydrogen is consumed, it will burn helium, for a
while.

It's my understanding that stars go through the helium pretty fast. I would
also expect a change in output.

The real problem will be when it becomes a red giant and expands
to
a size somewhat larger than the Earth's orbit. You'd better hope they've
come out with SPF 1E+12 sun screen when that happens.

Yep.

todd

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