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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (456823)2/16/2009 9:30:40 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) of 1575633
 
"There are over 1 million species of arthropods in the world right now, alone. 80% of all species. Don't think we have extincted a whole lot of them."

Not yet. As near as I can tell, Z got his timeline off. There are those who claim we could lose 50% over the next century. That is probably well on the high side, but in much of the world, habitat destruction is going at a rapid clip.
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