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If things get really bad and these things are deemed bad for the planet, could a nation demand the facilities be shut down or else be destroyed by military stri
by xwdv 4y ago
If things get really bad and these things are deemed bad for the planet, could a nation demand the facilities be shut down or else be destroyed by military strike?
- reillyse 4y agoThis concept is so strange. I'm not sure what country you are from, but I'm going to assume the US. Would you think it was OK if another country destroyed something in America because they thought it was damaging the environment. How about if they tried to force you to change your ways because of the environmental damage you were doing? Because guess what? The US is seriously over represented in pollution. Destroying the US might just solve the entire climate problem, I doubt that would be palatable ?
- sfink 4y agoIn addition, not that an addition is needed: please do not try to "fix" environmental pollutant sites by bombing them. It will not accomplish what you hope to accomplish. (No matter what it might look like while playing your video game.)
- xwdv 4y agoSo what do you propose, let super polluters keep burning and destroy the whole planet? I’d rather we just blow them away. Something has to give.
- slater 4y agoThe US had 215 atmospheric nuke tests. Shall we blow that country away, too?
- RandallBrown 4y agoNeal Stephenson's latest novel sort of explores this idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination_Shock_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination_Shock_(novel)
- the__alchemist 4y agoIn a (without spoiling too much) remarkably ironic way vice this article's concern!