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To: combjelly who wrote (315496)	12/13/2006 9:00:07 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583499

but doesn't apply to Islamic Fascism huh? :)

To: combjelly who wrote (315496)	12/14/2006 11:19:58 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583499

one that can go arbitrarily high, i.e. extinction. You have to consider likelihood as well as maximum possible risk. The risk of extinction if extremely small. An asteroid or large comet hit could cause extinction too. We spend a few million searching for them. Maybe we should spend more. But at this point the estimated risks don't justify reordering our economy. The risk of extinction from global warming do to human emitted CO2 is apparently less then the risk of extinction from celestial impact. OTOH the risk of lesser but still major negative consequences might be larger from CO2.