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World War III brought industrial activity down to almost nothing, handily ending the threat of global warming.
by blacksqr 6y ago
World War III brought industrial activity down to almost nothing, handily ending the threat of global warming.
- qubex 6y agoThat kind of misses the whole “tipping point” aspect of climate change, wherein crossing a certain threshold is an (essentially) irreversible act. One could argue that any realistic scenario for WWIII would (unfortunately) involve a broad thermonuclear exchange, and therefore a probable “nuclear winter” scenario, but that global chilling is temporary and the climatic system would revert to its warming trend shortly thereafter (after at most half a decade or so).
- blacksqr 6y agoShortly after WWIII humanity made contact with an alien race, and initiated technology-sharing agreements that one can confidently assume included non-carbon-based energy generation, as well as environmental remediation techniques.