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> Worst case for the oil spill? Extinction of all life on Earth. (truthout.org) Seriously? Seeing as life on earth survived the impact of a six mile in diamet
by curtis 17y ago
> Worst case for the oil spill? Extinction of all life on Earth. (truthout.org)
Seriously? Seeing as life on earth survived the impact of a six mile in diameter comet 65 million years ago, I'm reasonably certain one leaking oil well (even a very large one) is not going to cause an extinction event.
- zyb09 17y agoWell surely not extinction, but maybe mass reduction. Of course some stuff always survives, but 5 billion or so humans dying due to lack of food and clean water, isn't really that cool either, is it?