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From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.tv
Subject: Re: drying planets...
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Date: Thu, 10-May-84 02:52:56 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 10 02:52:56 1984
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>>  1. There is a planet of amphibious(?) beings which is literally "drying"
>>  up, for any number of reasons.... 

> Okay, what are some of those reasons?  Did everyone decide to drink at the
> same time?  (Or is it flush?)

Planet-wide drought, caused by imbalances in the hydrogen-oxygen mixture
of the planet's atmosphere.

The same, caused by the planet moving out of orbit (closer to its sun).

The same, caused by contamination of the planet's atmosphere (perhaps
natural, perhaps not).

> And, even if by some unbelievable process their water does disappear, it
> would probabily be far easier to skim hydrogen of the neighborhood gas
> giant and combine it with oxygen smelted from any nearby rocky planetary
> body; at least compared to hauling megamass of water over interstellar 
> distances.

That is assuming those type of planets exist in their solar system.  If
they don't, they must come to other planets.  And if they are going to
do that, they might as well get water in its natural form (even if they
have to steal it) rather than go to Jupiter and do it the hard way.
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