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I'm intrigued by these atomic re-landscaping proposals. Cooler coastal air could be drawn into California's dry, hot inland valleys by blasting a number of lar
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
I'm intrigued by these atomic re-landscaping proposals.
Cooler coastal air could be drawn into California's dry, hot inland valleys by blasting a number of large, artificial passes through mountain ranges up and down the state.
And atomic explosions could ameliorate intense traffic problems in Los Angeles not only by conveniently creating new passes through the Santa Monica mountains for new multilane highways between the Valley and the West Side, but also as a means of clearing gridlocked intersections.
- pm90 8y agoI think for this to happen, there would need to be demonstrations of the safety aspects of using nuclear weapons. Can you imagine trying to justify this project to the public? It would be a nightmare: "Nuclear explosions planned outside Los Angeles"... it would likely trigger a mini-freakout.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoHow times have changed since people would drive to Las Vegas and party next to a nuclear test... https://www.citylab.com/equity/2014/08/atomic-tests-were-a-tourist-draw-in-1950s-las-vegas/375802/ https://www.citylab.com/equity/2014/08/atomic-tests-were-a-t...