Originally posted by Omniscience
Orbit depends on size of the star and planet, the exact right orbit would come on its own due to the size of the Earth, its not as hard as you think. I understand the rich and poor thing, but only some people would know what to do in this type of situation. And those are the people that would survive, We could live on the bottom of the ocean, all teh ice that would be created would be great insulation, and they are also warmed by vents on the bottom of the ocean that spew water that is super heated by Earths core, although this may work you would need the correct equipment to do this
all i got from that is that you know nothing about how gravity, any type of phyics, and common sense work
oribit is not based on planet size, its where an object happens to be pulled into the gravity of the sun. the earth could get sucked into orbit but have an orbit of 1000 earth years as it flies around the new start like a comet along with the notion of these submarines, you telling me there will be a constant food supply long enough to last years without ever comming to the surface? you people just need to understand that no matter what was done by humans, we would all die very shortly after the sun dissapeared. none of you even mentioned the fact that the earth would instantly flood because the ocean would only have the moon pulling it, that is if it hasnt been knocked out of orbit from the crazy shit the earth would be doing. so instant floods would kill off everyone except people living in the mountains, already in boats/subs so good luck to all the few thousand survivors