I mean, you're probably right, but the main threat of nuclear war is nuclear winter - that is, if a major (or several major) city(ies) get nuked, the smoke plume from the concrete and charred remains will blanket the Earth for years to come, thereby preventing crops from growing and decimating agricultural production. Same shit happened with the dinosaurs (but this would be self-inflicted)
Oh definitely, I think the estimates are a few hundred million dying directly and then almost everyone succumbing to starvation a year or two later
Only a handful of countries in the southern hemisphere would have the current agricultural capacity to maintain their existing population (capability being a critical unknown factor)
Everyone else could probably survive on mushrooms and a couple other things, and it would be possible to support a small population with greenhouses and LED grow lights if you had electricity
I mean, you're probably right, but the main threat of nuclear war is nuclear winter - that is, if a major (or several major) city(ies) get nuked, the smoke plume from the concrete and charred remains will blanket the Earth for years to come, thereby preventing crops from growing and decimating agricultural production. Same shit happened with the dinosaurs (but this would be self-inflicted)
Oh definitely, I think the estimates are a few hundred million dying directly and then almost everyone succumbing to starvation a year or two later
Only a handful of countries in the southern hemisphere would have the current agricultural capacity to maintain their existing population (capability being a critical unknown factor)
Everyone else could probably survive on mushrooms and a couple other things, and it would be possible to support a small population with greenhouses and LED grow lights if you had electricity