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That's like 0.003X of a Chicxulub impacter. Or around 1X the geologically very recent eruption of Mount Toba. The ecosphere will be fine. You'll probably vapor
by Intralexical 2y ago
That's like 0.003X of a Chicxulub impacter. Or around 1X the geologically very recent eruption of Mount Toba.
The ecosphere will be fine. You'll probably vaporize a small patch of ocean, and they'll get colorful sunsets for a couple days. But that's about it.
By contrast, assuming "more or less today's technology", we're now out of petroleum reserves because we used them all in our magic instant-acceleration kinetic-energy-converter.