This article is based on the assumption that we won't figure out a way to manage and/or refuel the sun, even in a <i>billion</i> years.<p>Given the incredible technological progress since the industrial revolution (cooking by fire to walking on the moon and nuclear power in under two centuries), I am highly skeptical of this assumption.<p>The only things that can stop us are regressions to the primitive, of which I know of only two forms: the first is belief in the supernatural and its primacy as the basis of abstract thought. The second is nihilistic hatred of man and progress masked as practical necessity and love of nature.<p>I stand for life, and for progress. I am proud, and you should be, too. Whatever challenges nature holds in store for us, we can figure it out!