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> While there is ~500m km2 of land on the planet, only about 60m km2 is habitable (less desert, poles, mountains etc). Not inhabited, habitable. So yes that's n
by lixtra 6y ago
> While there is ~500m km2 of land on the planet, only about 60m km2 is habitable (less desert, poles, mountains etc). Not inhabited, habitable. So yes that's not only sufficient to wipe out all population centers, it's double the amount needed to wipe out all locations on earth capable of sustaining human life.
You also have to consider how connected that area is. I.E. How many nukes do you need to kill each valley in Switzerland, each oasis in the desert, etc,
- FooHentai 6y agoAbsolutely, some folks live truly out in the boonies far away from any likely strike target (e.g. Agafia Lykova way out in the Khakassia mountains). That's a double-edged sword however, as very few people live in those fringe areas without outside support and, since there have been no true frontiers remaining on earth for the last few hundred years, those isolated settlements are in areas that cannot sustain the basics of human life in perpetutity and complete isolation at the same time.