Oh for the love of God, Buddha, Krishna, YHWH etc etc
Remember 'the Doomsday Clock'? Well, its back. And this time it isn't just thermonuclear war they are factoring in, but climate change. More here.
My highest scientific qualification is a 'C' at O level biology, but suggesting that the nuclear arsenal of the 'Democratic People's Republic' of Korea and what the Iranians might be able to knock up if they do not get Osiraq-ed (fingers crossed it will...) would be enough to set off a nuclear winter? Puh-lease. I seem to recall that we have had a nuclear war of sorts in 1945, and the ice caps did not expand to cover Yorkshire, the Sahara is still remarkably hot and sales of Ambre Solaire continue to impress.
My highest scientific qualification is a 'C' at O level biology, but suggesting that the nuclear arsenal of the 'Democratic People's Republic' of Korea and what the Iranians might be able to knock up if they do not get Osiraq-ed (fingers crossed it will...) would be enough to set off a nuclear winter? Puh-lease. I seem to recall that we have had a nuclear war of sorts in 1945, and the ice caps did not expand to cover Yorkshire, the Sahara is still remarkably hot and sales of Ambre Solaire continue to impress.
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Not so sure of that C a nuclear war( which we have not had)might be pretty serious for the planet.There were global cosequences and a mini ice age following vocanic activity in Idonesia in the early 19th century . Comparing the likely powers would give you an idea. I think it was equivalent to masses of Hiroshimas but then such things are possible and it did have a great impact
Mount St Helena, in Washington state, spewed out more carbon emissions than the rest of the world put together that year. It was 2,000 miles away from me, in Houston, and my car was covered in volcano dust overthe next couple of days. I mean thick. Covered in dust.
During very strong winds in the Sahara - built up by the planet's wind system for some reason I don't understand, we all, living in the south of France, woke up one day to find our cars covered in red sand. [Cars worldwide are now begging dealers not to sell to me.]
Things happen.
You'd probably have more concerns about radiation: Chernobyl wasn't too popular across a swathe of Eurasia either (though casualty rates etc are disputed).
Primitive nucs (weapons) tend to give off more radioactivity pro rata than sophisticated ones. This is because, for best destructive effect (and ability to occupy territory afterwards) radiation counts as a waste of energy, so refinement = ways to concentrate blast = reduce radiation. Needless to say, such considerations will not be high up the N.Korean / Iraqi list of priorities. So they could be quite dirty.
By contrast, a US pre-emptive attack would be surgical = clean (& prob not itself a nuc strike at all), and it may not trigger the targetted weapons. Not sure if an Israeli attack would be as clean (& doubt they consider themselves responsible for NK!)
Surely a nuclear winter is whats needed to combat global warming.
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