I've been working pretty hard lately and haven't had a lot of time to post on my blog. I basically have four jobs right now. I work for the state of Texas, I drive for Uber, I drive for Lyft, and I make deliveries with Texas ToGo.
Am I tripping or are aliens real?
You are tripping. Here’s why. Despite Star Trek and Star Wars, interstellar travel is impossible for either us or the aliens (who are probably out there somewhere). No one can approach the speed of light. Maybe you might make 0.10%. The closer to the speed of light (relative to your departure point) the exponentially amount... Continue Reading →
If the sun was 1% further than the total distance from us what would the temperature would be on Earth?
No change. Here in the northern hemisphere, the sun is closest during our winter and further away during our summer because of the elliptical nature of our orbit around the sun. It’s not the closeness to the sun that causes summer or winter, but the tilt of the earth. That tilt causes summer days to... Continue Reading →
How much pollution does a pickup truck produce?
Here's an interesting fact. A pickup truck produces about 3 times it's own weight in hydrocarbon pollution each year. Maybe it floats away and you never see it again, but you can't ignore the fact that it's going into our atmosphere for each pickup truck in the world every year. It's not that pollution is... Continue Reading →
What are the chances that the existence of intelligent alien life is acknowledged within the next decade?
A decade is only 10 years. It is highly unlikely that even microbial life of extraterrestrial origin will be identified by 2028. Our best chance of finding life comes from two realms. Within our own solar system on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and from space from the SETI program (Search for extraterrestrial intelligence),... Continue Reading →
Could an alien race enslave all of humanity?
Well, to be clear, that’s not going to happen because faster than light travel is impossible. But if aliens did manage to make it here then it would be hard for them to have anywhere near the fire power to enslave every single human on Earth. There are billions of humans on Earth. Humans would... Continue Reading →
Is it possible for humans to discover a new habitable planet outside of Earth and in other solar systems? Do we have enough technology to discover and observe such planets?
We could not visually see life on other planets, but we might be able to detect life by radio transmissions or other means. Take for example the most interesting star in the galaxy that we know about. To quote a recent article in The Atlantic, “Astronomers have spotted a strange mess of objects whirling around a... Continue Reading →
Do you have contact with extraterrestrials?
I know a lot of aliens, but most of them are from Earth and some people want them deported. I don’t know any advanced aliens from other planets, but we might have contact with extraterrestrial life in the form of cosmic dust that comes from micrometeorites that enter our atmosphere from space and drift down... Continue Reading →
Why would we believe that if there is life on other planets that it would evolve to something intelligent?
What is intelligent life? When we speak of “intelligent life” we need to define what that entails. For example, bacterial life is not intelligent. But what about a dog? Suppose we found a dog like creature on a planet. It can respond, be happy, be angry, even be loyal. A dog is certainly not a... Continue Reading →
