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NewsDoober
01-22-2009, 06:24 PM
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http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:FXPdSR916rk89M:http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/timidshadow/Meteor.jpgHere are your choices for the things most likely to wipe out the human race. While not scientific, the results of this PollDaddy poll first posted on this blog Sep 16, 2008 are interesting.

If you feel we’ve missed anything important, like methane bubbles sucking the oxygen out of our air, let me know. We can always add more and open the vote again. Once we feel we have truly nailed down the biggest threats, then we can get on with the business of proposing solutions.

Total Votes: 826

Top Reasons Humanity May Go Extinct

</p>15% (42 votes)Overpopulation24% (34 votes)Global warming34% (33 votes)Weapons of Mass Destruction44% (32 votes)War / Military thinking54% (30 votes)Laziness64% (30 votes)Pollution73% (28 votes)Disease83% (28 votes)Massive water shorages93% (26 votes)Obesity / Lack of exercise103% (24 votes)Infectious diseases113% (24 votes)Lack of long term planning123% (24 votes)Rapid Climate Change133% (24 votes)Running out of Oil143% (23 votes)Mass Starvation / Famine153% (23 votes)Terrorism163% (22 votes)Deforestation173% (21 votes)Ocean life Depletion182% (19 votes)Ozone layer depletion192% (18 votes)Industrial Waste202% (18 votes)Lack of agricultural land212% (17 votes)Asteroids / Comets / NEOs222% (17 votes)Incorrect information232% (16 votes)Lack of Exercise242% (15 votes)Diminishing biodiversity252% (15 votes)Murder / Violence / Suicide262% (15 votes)Nuclear waste272% (14 votes)Aliens282% (14 votes)Cancer292% (14 votes)Fascism302% (13 votes)A Black Hole312% (13 votes)Mental Illness322% (13 votes)Super Volcano331% (11 votes)Heart disease341% (11 votes)Massive Earthquake351% (11 votes)Xenophobia / Isolationism361% (9 votes)Birth defects371% (9 votes)Man made machines381% (9 votes)Nearby Supernova391% (9 votes)Radioactivity401% (9 votes)Solar Flare41