A large nuclear war could leave 5 billion people without enough to eat | New Scientist
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The after-effects of nuclear war would be catastrophic for agriculture. Simulations show billions of people could starve depending on the size of the conflict
  • ComradeSankara [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Are we seriously at the ... "Well maybe nuclear war wouldn't be THAT bad. Lets run the numbers..." stage now?

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I've seen it as a talking point since the Russia-Ukraine war kicked off this year. May be related to an uptick in the "Well, SOME people will survive the climate apocalypse!*" talking point.

      *There is no guarantee anyone will survive the climate apocalypse

  • Diogenes_Barrel [love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    thats, quite a number huh

    :porky-happy: 2 billion of you will be sacrificed in atomic fire, 5 billion shall starve---but i eagerly await ruling over whoever's left

  • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Oh interesting how many people don't have enough to eat right now?

  • Lymbic_System [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Listen I don't want to sounds sad but it sounds like we speed running a stellaris tomb world start, with civics like shared burdens and automation. Its posadism without the help :hexbear-posadist:

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    A sufficiently large nuclear war could relieve billions of the need to eat. :this-is-fine: