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> Smoke from the incinerated cities rises high into the atmosphere, wrapping the planet in a blanket of soot that blocks the Sun’s rays. The planet plunges into

by pkdpic 5y ago

> Smoke from the incinerated cities rises high into the atmosphere, wrapping the planet in a blanket of soot that blocks the Sun’s rays. The planet plunges into a deep chill. For years, crops wither from California to China. Famine sets in around the globe. Interesting, easy to imagine between two smaller nuclear players or in a nuclear armed proxy war scenario but not sure how it would apply to a scenario like Ukraine. Its hard to image Nato retaliating with small nuclear strikes. Its even harder to imagine the US actually getting involved. I have a feeling this is just a Russian oligarch market scam to amp up the media and move investments around or something. Then again Im not even wearing pants so what do I know...

hertzrat 5y ago
If Russia used small nukes, do you think nato should do nothing? That means it’s open season to use nuclear weapons anywhere outside of nato territory. That future is unbelievably horrific
- techdragon 5y ago
  While I agree it’s horrific… it does still feel less horrific than a full scale unrestrained global nuclear war of the mutually assured destruction kind. Gun to my head, limited nuclear war is better than full scale nuclear war. But again this is basically a “how hard do you want to be beaten to a pulp? Severely or to within an inch of your life?” sort of question. Neither option your choosing between is preferable to almost any other option.
dylan604 5y ago
>>crops wither from California to China are there a lot of crops growing in the area between California and China. IIRC, there's a lot of ocean in that space.
- sophacles 5y ago
  Its [california .. china] not (california .. china). The western edge of china to the eastern edge of california grow a lot of food.
- Cerium 5y ago
  Perhaps they mean in the other direction, the long way. Quite a few crops are grown between California and China. Looking at a map California is near the left and China on the right making this a natural sweep across the map.
- nisegami 5y ago
  Depends on which direction you connect them through?

by pkdpic 5y ago

hertzrat 5y ago

If Russia used small nukes, do you think nato should do nothing? That means it’s open season to use nuclear weapons anywhere outside of nato territory. That future is unbelievably horrific

techdragon 5y ago
While I agree it’s horrific… it does still feel less horrific than a full scale unrestrained global nuclear war of the mutually assured destruction kind. Gun to my head, limited nuclear war is better than full scale nuclear war. But again this is basically a “how hard do you want to be beaten to a pulp? Severely or to within an inch of your life?” sort of question. Neither option your choosing between is preferable to almost any other option.

dylan604 5y ago

>>crops wither from California to China are there a lot of crops growing in the area between California and China. IIRC, there's a lot of ocean in that space.

sophacles 5y ago
Its [california .. china] not (california .. china). The western edge of china to the eastern edge of california grow a lot of food.
Cerium 5y ago
Perhaps they mean in the other direction, the long way. Quite a few crops are grown between California and China. Looking at a map California is near the left and China on the right making this a natural sweep across the map.
nisegami 5y ago
Depends on which direction you connect them through?