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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by vkou on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:48PM (#14102076)
It will only kill high tens of millions of people now, instead of hundreds!

It's an improvement, but not much of one.

Also, consider the aftermath of nuclear war. Consider how many people live in cities. Consider that cities are not at all equipped to survive without massive, and consistent shipments of food, water, and electricity.

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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by pmoriarty on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:11PM (#14102910)
We'd be lucky if billions, not millions, of people didn't die in an all-out nuclear war between the US and Russia. It's still debatable whether any humans anywhere in the world would survive.
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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:50PM (#14103138)
> It's still debatable whether any humans anywhere in the world would survive

Is it?

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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by thatcherc on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:51PM (#14103461)
Long term, yeah. The ensuing nuclear winter would effect the entire planet much more than was thought in the early Cold War [1], which would absolutely affect food production. Add in the fallout, and your long-term forecast looks pretty bad.

[1] - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1505.00246.pdf

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