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Re:The abundant fossil fuel you’ve never heard of by mhartl on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @06:30PM (#400268)
one day it could run out

One day the Sun will become a red giant and expand beyond the orbit of Mars.

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Re:The abundant fossil fuel you’ve never heard of by tc on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @10:10PM (#400483)
"The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov (1956)

http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

"Oh, hell, just about forever. Till the sun runs down, Bert."

"That's not forever."

"All right, then. Billions and billions of years. Twenty billion, maybe. Are you satisfied?"

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