
That shouldn’t work, because then Mercury would have a longer commute from Mercury to the oracle from which he communicates the rise in mercury. I want to shorten Mercury’s commute from Mercury; then Mercury won’t be so hot and sweaty when he raises the mercury, and the temperature won’t go as high.





Our Sun is a second- or third-generation star. All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star-stuff. - Carl Sagan