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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:37 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you think humans will go extinct? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. An unfortunate asteroid, and kiss the day goodbye. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. No, I don't think an asteroid could wipe out humans |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. All depends on the size of the asteroid |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Here's NASA's video of a simulation of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. As bad as that impact was, however... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Humans are rather large compared to rodents. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
66. That's where our brains would come in |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
77. Nuclear winter is largely a problem for foragers. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Humans are the most resilient animal there is |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. True, but if we're facing a years-long winter with no growing season on short notice... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I don't think the entire food chain will collapse; it hasn't since multi-cellular life developed |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Billions will die in the event of an impact the size of the one that killed the dinosaurs. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
74. Nations all over the world built nuclear bunkers for their leaders, equipped to last years |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
79. The world is already dotted by countless greenhouses, and grow lights are plentiful. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. A 500km asteroid? There are only 3 in the solar system, in stable orbits between Jupiter and Mars |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #47 |
60. There are only three *known* asteroids that big |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Over 95% of all animal species that ever lived on Earth have gone extinct |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. We're different because we think |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Every other dominant species - i.e. apex predator, essentially - has either gone extinct |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Or a Death Star |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Humans are just a parasite on this planet. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You first, if you're in such a hurry for personal oblivion. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Other species don't destroy the ecosystems. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Sure they do |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. +1 |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Yes, the biosphere was a garden of eden |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
88. Hahahahahahahaha! (nt) |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
91. You must be frmo the big city... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Bet you're a ton of fun at parties. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
56. They should hook up with the "I don't drink with you" guy! |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. What a bizarre thread |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. You are attributing to an entire species, that which should be charged to culture. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. If there is reincarnation, I want to come back as a flea so I can |
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KILL THE WISE ONE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. you could do that now |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. The sun and the galaxy deserve to go extinct too! |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
90. . |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. Absolutely, species go extinct, and even have lifespans. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. All species go extinct |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Yeah but how about the next 1000 years? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No, we won't make it another 100 years |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Humans will make it that far barring any ELE that might happen along |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
70. Dpeends on hte global model |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Nothing lasts for ever n/t |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. In their current state? Probably. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. In "their" current state? |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Florida, if you go by his username. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Nice cover. Probably the first place the mothership landed. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. How stupid do you have to be? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. We're well suited to both destroying ourselves and to saving ourselves... |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. You missed the "I hope so" choice. nt |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. I think our lifespans will again be shortened rather than lengthened |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. Depends on your definition of human. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. H. sapiens will go extinct |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. yes, and it will be self-inflicted |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. All things must pass. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
29. No. And we're not staying confined to this planet, either. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. That's the race |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
30. We are the real cockroaches |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
31. Eventually, most likely... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
34. The whole universe will go extinct. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
35. hopefully greatly reduced in numbers. |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
43. It's really only a matter of time. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
44. On a long enough timescale every species will go extinct |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
49. Ever? Sure. The sun's only got another 5 billion years. Once it goes... n/t |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
82. Less than that. The biosphere on Earth only has about 500 million in its present state. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
50. Of course |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
55. Most likely |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
57. By the time the sun has turned into a red dwarf we will all be |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
58. I think they will someday. After we finish killing off each other.. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
59. Yes, and in the fairly near future, too. n/t |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
61. Eventually. Almost all animal species do. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
62. It won't be long before we're all dolphins. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
63. I don't hate all people. Just the misanthropes. n/t |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
64. The Brontosaurus had a brain no bigger than a crisp |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
65. Compared to other species, we're a flash in the pan eating our host. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
68. I imagine it's a mathematical certainty. |
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fifthoffive (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
69. Absolutely |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
71. Of course we will. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
72. Yes -- IF we stay only on Earth. |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
73. When, not if |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
75. that's about like asking if a young child will eventually die? |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
76. Certainly. We will either continue to evolve or go extinct. Or both. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
78. Oh definitely. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
80. Nuclear war will take care of the planet but good. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Nah |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Evidently you never watched Life After People |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Actually, I have watched the show |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. And what places might those be? I don't think you were paying close enough attention. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #86 |
93. You could live near Fukushima right now |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. The entire Fukushima fukushima didn't completely melt down though. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. But even if it did completely melt down... |
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Fred Engels (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #86 |
97. And yet in the history of all nuclear plants in the world, only a tiny handful of people have died |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. That's because theres a small army of people to run them around the clock and plenty of electricity |
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Fred Engels (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-24-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Exactly...which is why it is less of a threat than other technologies. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
81. 'We,' humans, will kill us all/destroy the planet, before we have time to become extinct, |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
92. It's very, very hard to destroy *all* life |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
87. The Sun won't last forever |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
89. We will be killed by Republican greed. |
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Fred Engels (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
96. Eventually the universe will expand out to a dead cold nothingness, or contract |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
98. Even if humans did absolutely NOTHING to the environment, made no weapons, and ate berries... |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
99. Sounds like we may have some volunteers for the Voluntary Human Exctinction Movement. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
100. Here in the US for sure. I think it's pretty close now. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
102. Sure, eventually. |
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