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2010, Arthur Clarke. Self-replicating machines ignite Jupiter. All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Side note: I wrote Clarke a letter when I was eleven. A school assignment was to read a book then write the author with a question you had about the book (the one on the Great Barrier Reef). To my amazement, Clarke sent me a handwritten note from Sri Lanka. I have a heard a vulgar version of Waltzing Matilda that your comment reminded me of. Perhaps it will appear in a more appropriate thread. Someday.

If you brush away the dirt, you should be able to read it visually, going by youtube : How to read your water meter - YouTube

The answer is not possible. Why would you want to do this? The earth will remain habitable for at least 600 million more years before the sun ends all life. That's a pretty good run I'd say.

What do you mean by "averting"?

And then write a whole new set of arbitrary limits, to be exploited; politics is like water seeping through rock's, every crack will be widened. The fundamentals have to be water-resistant, everyone has to vote (privately), to the best of their ability; something along those lines, perchance. If individual intelligence is so important for accuracy, then how can a crowd of people with random guesses be, more often than not, more accurate at guessing the wieght of a cow than an expert? (I'm sure there's study out there somewhere, don't make me find it, please).