Ludicrous speed

“Col. Sandurz:             Prepare ship for light speed!

Dark Helmet:              No, no, no, light speed is too slow!

Col. Sandurz:              Light speed, too slow?!

Dark Helmet:              Yes, we’re gonna have to go right to…ludicrous speed!

Col. Sandurz:              Ludicrous speed?! Sir, we’ve never gone that fast before. I don’t know    if the ship can take it.

Dark Helmet:              What’s the matter Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?”

• From Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs, writers Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan and Ronny Graham.

 

Readers with a spare hour on their hands – and these days, who hasn’t ? – may wish to watch this short film by the late Professor Albert Bartlett of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Its official title is ‘Arithmetic, Population and Energy’ but it is just as accurately described on YouTube as the most important video you’ll ever see.

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