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		pinkfoot on Dec 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: S&P 500 Buybacks Now Outpace All R&D Spending in t... > I have never heard of extinction as a possible consequence of climate change If things get nasty, the nuclear-armed folk might just light up the 14,000 nukes lying around. That could do it.

thehappypm on Dec 11, 2019 [–]

Still, how would that kill everyone? Small pockets of humanity would still hang on.

throwaway2048 on Dec 11, 2019 | | [–]

Just think how wealthy they will be when they inherit all those stocks from the rest of the human race!

pinkfoot on Dec 11, 2019 | | [–]

Hence ‘could’. A possibility, not a certainty.

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