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is it safe to say that bugs are the worst thing ever?
February 16, 2011 at
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when i was little, i would wish some scientists would build a giant steel sphere, big enough to fit all the bugs in the world in. then after all the bugs were in it, they would shoot it off into space.
as i grew older, i stopped thinking about this idea for a while.
not that i am old, i've been thinking about it again. first there is the logistics of how big it would have to be. i know there are a lot of bugs in the world...trillions probably, but they're also really small for the most part. i think 2 miles in diameter would suffice. then there is the question of where in space we should aim it. the moon would be easy, but it would be a hassle if we were to colonize the moon one day. we'd have to deal with that problem all over again. we could shoot it off into deep space, but what if it were to hit an alien spaceship and they then declared war on us? no good. ultimately, what must be done is to shoot it in to the sun. there it will melt and the bugs inside would get the fiery death they deserve.
there are other questions, like how to lure all the bugs in, but we'll leave that one up to entymologists. they will be paid handsomely for their efforts, because afterward they will be out of a job.
as i grew older, i stopped thinking about this idea for a while.
not that i am old, i've been thinking about it again. first there is the logistics of how big it would have to be. i know there are a lot of bugs in the world...trillions probably, but they're also really small for the most part. i think 2 miles in diameter would suffice. then there is the question of where in space we should aim it. the moon would be easy, but it would be a hassle if we were to colonize the moon one day. we'd have to deal with that problem all over again. we could shoot it off into deep space, but what if it were to hit an alien spaceship and they then declared war on us? no good. ultimately, what must be done is to shoot it in to the sun. there it will melt and the bugs inside would get the fiery death they deserve.
there are other questions, like how to lure all the bugs in, but we'll leave that one up to entymologists. they will be paid handsomely for their efforts, because afterward they will be out of a job.
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Just get a really big bug zapper!
Do you know how long it would take to get to the sun from earth?
FYI, earth is the planet we live on. Do you know where the sun is from here?
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Yea yea spiders aren't insects blah blah suck it.
Do you know how long it would take to get to the sun from earth?
FYI, earth is the planet we live on. Do you know where the sun is from here?
Yea yea spiders aren't insects blah blah suck it.
Yea yea spiders aren't insects blah blah suck it.
the sphere will be 2 miles in diameter, that should be plenty of oxygen. as a backup, we'll outfit the sphere with the same co2 scrubs and air filters in spaceships. we'll put sunlamps in the sphere. if that's not enough, the light-dependent bugs will die first and be eaten by the others.
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not only that, even if you could build a trap that draws ALL the bugs on the planet to it, many of them would be unable to go to the trap - i.e. they are on an island/continent and separated by an ocean that they can't cross, or are in some sort of long-term cocoon/etc.
also, a metal ball 2 miles in diameter - how exactly do you plan on launching that into space?