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<DIV>For my clarity, Rod. Is this original with you? So interesting.</DIV>
<DIV>Jann McGuire</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/22/2012 4:25:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
rodrippel@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:rodrippel@cox.net
href="mailto:rodrippel@cox.net">Rod Rippel</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 22, 2012 1:59 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:ctmuma@comcast.net
href="mailto:ctmuma@comcast.net">Carl Muma</A> ; <A
title=mailto:marionmuma@yahoo.com href="mailto:marionmuma@yahoo.com">Marion
Muma</A> ; <A title=mailto:staley.pitts@cox.net
href="mailto:staley.pitts@cox.net">Bill and Audrey</A> ; <A
title=mailto:herb.lawrence@att.net href="mailto:herb.lawrence@att.net">Herb
Lawrence</A> ; <A title=mailto:jarip45@verizon.net
href="mailto:jarip45@verizon.net">Jeff Rippel</A> ; <A
title=mailto:jkbdavis@netzero.com
href="mailto:jkbdavis@netzero.com">jkbdavis@netzero.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Misc. Musing</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi All: I didn’t have any idea where this was going when I
started. Maybe you can tell me? I don’t think “enjoy” is quite
appropriate. Rod</DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Speculations…</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Rod Rippel</FONT></SPAN></I></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Evidence of Sapient Caused
Advanced Planetary Extinctions (E.S.C.A.P.E.)</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Given enough time evolution produces
random complex life forms and intelligent consciousness;</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">II<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the case of Earth the time has been
4 <U>+</U> 0.5 billion years out of a total of 13 – 15 billion years since
origin of the universe;</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">III<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tracking of observable planetary
systems should be initiated to log evidence of sapient caused destruction of
planetary scale, i.e., frequency of novas, changes in light emission or
radiation signals.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">IV<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hypothesis – If populations of sapient
beings in other systems follows a similar pattern to Earth’s <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">homo sapiens</I>, then a very rapid
acceleration in population will occur in a very short interval at some point 3
to 5 billion years out from origin.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>If the stress on planetary resources that results is similar to <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">homo sapien’s</I> experience, catastrophic
extinctions should begin taking place throughout the universe during the next
cosmic time period.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, it
would be highly unlikely that any two sapient species would evolve at the same
rate or develop cultures and societies at similar rates.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We should expect a rather wide
spectrum of evolving towards ESCAPE.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">V<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Stresses in sapient communities
(planets) could result in an increased frequency of Spectacular Cosmic Events
(SCE) noticeable from, our planet.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This assumes 1) a large number of sapient occupied systems exist, and
2) a sizable fraction of those systems are unable to cope with or find
solutions to their self-destruction.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Violent cosmic events (SCE) have already been observed throughout the
universe.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This provides some
background from which accelerated events could be measured until refined
measurements can be developed which could differentiate self-inflicted SCE
from otherwise ‘natural’ events.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">VI<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Possible reactions by sapient beings
to the pending collapse of their planet system could include violent struggles
to control dwindling resources and ultimate resort to chain reaction forces
capable of producing cosmic signals.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">VII<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At present on Earth we are seeing
overall stress on several levels.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Most important are those related to global warming and the finite
supply of water available to a rapidly growing planet population.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Struggles are already evident over
fossil fuels and energy sources which contribute to the acceleration of
climate change and especially to the level of CO2 in the atmosphere (also a
finite resource of the planet).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Water will rapidly become more expensive than fossil fuels.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Food shortages will become a way of
life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Air pollution will
accompany global warming hand-in-hand.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>We will probably arrive at the maximum number of people that the finite
planet can sustain sometime in this century unless the imperative to control
population is obeyed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Even so,
the quality of life for a vast majority will be almost unlivable compared to
what even the least advantaged of today enjoy.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The stresses accompanying the kind of
disparity to be experienced in the near to intermediate future are almost
unimaginable.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This portends
increased levels of terrorism, wars, famine, and violence for the majority of
earth’s population as the powerful attempt to hold on to their resource
access.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">VIII<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Indicatves:</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<LI
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Immediate reduction of CO2 emissions to global
sustaining max.</FONT></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Global zero population growth rate.</FONT></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Planetary fresh water distribution
system.</FONT></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Global rationing of fossil fuel use.</FONT></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Alternate energy development.</FONT></SPAN>
<LI
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Planetary polity research.</FONT></SPAN>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Non-automobile culture (walking).</FONT></SPAN></LI></OL>
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