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Existing back in time where the general temperature of space was 0 celsius? (kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If we copied/moved our planet and us as we are now back in time that far away, what would happen?

Could we survive, or are we bombarded to death by something, or something else?

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[–] StarManta 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Well, are we also copying the sun? If not, this is a very easy question - we’d freeze to death quite quickly.

If we do copy the sun and moon along with us, we might have a little bit of environmental trouble, but not by much. There isn’t much difference between 2.7K and 0K, and I don’t think we would feel all 2.7 degrees of difference on account of greenhouse effect. Even if we did, we are pretty good at warming up our planet; if we found ourself in this scenario we could globally give up on whatever efforts to curb climate change we’re doing now, and we could counteract 2.7 degrees of difference within several decades, and then we’re back to where we started.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Please note that 0K is not the same as 0C.
I am asking about the time where the average temperature of space everywhere was 0 celsius, NOT Kelvin.