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E.P. Grondine — (archived)

Since pointing you to studies which do not agree with your preconcieved notions is useless, as they simply do not register with in your conciousness, it is useless to argue the small impact hazard with you.

So let us consider the largest impact which will occur. The "benefit" of CAPS is that it is the best insurance available today that mankind does not go extinct. The "benefit" of CAPS is therefore ultimately the entire national products of all of mankind for the period after such an impact will take place, unless it is prevented by a system such as CAPS, as well as all human lives lived after the prevented impact.

Now you can try and claim that such an impact will not take place. But this is demonstrably false. Or you can try to limit the damages from this impact to those humans alive in the year it takes place - but once again, this is nonsense.

Mr Eby, I leave you now to your canvas "Mars suits", your gasolline powered "Mars rovers", and your "Mars on Earth" in Canada.

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