Could Humanity Survive a Nuclear Winter?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- The possibility of total annihilation through a nuclear war has been in the cultural zeitgeist since the start of the Cold War. Just the thought alone might be enough to induce nightmares in the masses, but the possibility has not been entirely off the table since then. Yes, the world’s superpowers have cooled down in the last couple of decades, but whenever there is political tension involving these superpowers, the topic seems to resurface.
It is true that nuclear bombs were used on populated cities at the end of World War 2. But this came at a time when the United States was the only nation to yield such a destructive weapon, making Axis powers unable to retaliate.
The potential for harm is significantly higher now when we factor in the fact that there are nearly 12,705 nuclear warheads in the world. And it is theorized that a nuclear war can have a cooling effect on Earth because of the dust and smoke a catastrophic event of this magnitude would create. In this episode of Imagine That, we dive deep into the possibility of a Nuclear Winter and if humanity would survive this event or not.
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For any doubters consider this. If you take into account the fact we survived the ice age droughts and everything else mother nature threw at us it is fair to say we are a lot like cockroaches. We are not that easy to exterminate. Now that's not to downplay a nuclear holocaust or winter because there is no getting around that it will be survival of the fittest and it would make the ice age look like a cake walk no argument there, but I think it would be too easy to say it would be our own extinction. I think that underestimates our natural instinct for self preservation. The way I see it Sun Tzu refers to these types of events as "Death Ground". He said that once on death ground whatever a person was is transformed into the ultimate warrior. I am paraphrasing of course but he is referring to that same instinct. If we are in a predicament where our survival means everything our tendency is to go above and beyond what most would expect. If you ever heard a story of people who beat the odds to survive well there you go, a proof of concept.
I agree. While humans are not that great at threat management we’re really good at adaptability. While undoubtably a nuclear war and winter would probably lead to the deaths of the majority of humanity, it’s likely that somewhere somehow a large enough group of humans would survive. Add on to the fact of technology, although much would be forgotten and lost we would not be starting again from scratch. Add the widespread nature of humanity and finally human ‘proclivity’ for reproduction, undoubtably there would still be reproduction. Even in a reduced manor. Once again, a nuclear winter would be hell. Add the radiation, human conflict and all other factors. Despite this humanity would still likely survive simply due to the fact humanity would do anything to survive, add our knowledge and technology (even greatly reduced) that is a very dangerous combination.
The species that survive mass extinctions are normally small, generalists and herbivores. While humans are apex predators, we are smaller than many (although still large enough for there to be problems), most defiantly generalists and omnivores (so best of predation and herbivores). Add highly social, complex problem solving and sheer spite and intelligence. I think it’s highly likely humanity would survive a mass extinction (even a nuclear winter) and live to tell the tale, still dominating the new world.
People have gotten weaker as a society no one would survive it besides the rich like elon musk would probably live in space for a while or bunkers
Peace starts in our mind, words and comments on youtube. Let's try our best to live in peace. There is already enough war, dearth and hate right now
Is it possible to do a survival analysis in nuclear winter?
Like the engineering needed to live in an underground bunker, how to generate power, air filtration, sanitation, water recycling, and then if there's power, how to generate food in underground hydroponics etc etc?
Is it possible to build underground networks like ant homes?
Bunkers are usually not built to hold life for 25+ years to be honest. The idea of the underground bunker is to support life for a few months up to a few years. Most I would say could hold life for 5-6 years if you prepare it right. I think if you really wanted to you can custom design a bunker to support long term life. But eventually the air will be safe enough for you to come out (which trust me you will be begging to leave). There are a couple of bunker companies on here who have awesome videos explaining all the engineering behind it.
The Rich will most likely move to Mars with Elon, but there will most likely be rodent people who 'carve' out an existence
And if that happens ... if you think the lines at the DMV are bad now .....boy ...let me tell you ....
Glad you asked this. Saved me from typing it!
If we are looking at Mars/ lunar bases it stands to reason that “bunkers” or arks are on standby to enable a proportion of society to live for 25 years without the sun.
It stands to reason? There is no reason here though. Unless those society members have been preselected.
So of the 8 billion population take the top 10 major cities/ govts. Put 100 in each bunker.
That’s 1000 worldwide. Could that population feasibly grow by a factor of 10 in 25 years?
So say 10k emerge from those bunkers? Can agriculture and any saved livestock be kickstarted on a post irradiated world?
Population drop from 8 billion to 10-20k. Enough for the Human Race to be rebooted?
The bunker population wouldn't meaningfully increase during the winter as food would be scarce already
@@gracelandtoo6240 I wonder what tech is available to grow eg mushrooms without solar input
Of course, I would rather not find out
Humanity would survive and rebuild civilization. The odds of the individual surviving is low. And the big question is would you want to survive?
I do
If it happens it’s going to happen. And there is not nothing we can do about it unfortunately.
I will be the last man standing.
@@connorschultz7928 If it’s nuclear warheads I’m afraid not my friend
Guys,
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Egyptian Semitic:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Egyptian Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
You can thank Biden for that
@@Praise___YaH yeah yeah yeah. Save it !
Meanwhile Yetis on the botom of the ocean waiting for this moment for thousands of years
One sure way to combat global warming.
London's no big loss really.
You’re thinking about ULEZ expansion and the apocalypse that follows? 😂
The world would be a better place if London was removed from the map
Just England in general, yeah
What about children?
Let us be more peaceful and kind. There is already enough death, horror, agression and anger in the world
Guys,
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Egyptian Semitic:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Egyptian Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
@@Praise___YaH are you jehovah ?
This is a great video. Quite scary tho.
LMAO you're "scared." Awe poor "zoomer"
@@thirdstar9255 maybe you wanna die but I’m enjoying life why would I wanna die it is scary how our life’s can end
No one would really survive this besides the rich that have bunkers or elon would probably live in a rocket ship in space for a few decades
Make a video on quantum generator patent..
Apparently we'll find out in 2024! Stay away from the Zones!
How do you know?
Guys,
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Egyptian Semitic:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Egyptian Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
More like 2023
@@trinbaker or perhaps, November 20, 2024! Perhaps Trin, you're Right!
An objective look points to the reality question of when. A nuclear war is inevitable given the ongoing rising trend of authoritarianism and the erosion of democracies through continuous weakening in the separation of powers and the undermining of rule-of-law across the world. Smart and able people are unfortunately switching to the private sector increasingly leaving politics to the unconsciously incompetent. Nevertheless given how hardy life can be, human kind will still survive along with a few other forms of life in a small way and restart civilisation on earth.
Said like an expert. You aren't. You have no idea WTF you are talking about.
Any human survivors? Ha!! Um. Simple: Not. A. Chance.
The possibility that humanity might some day overthrow our authoritarian overlords for good is preferable to the far slimmer possiblity of us making it through the apocalypse. Besides the latter "solution" mightn't solve the former problem.
Best move is not to play
Let me guess, Wargaames 1983?
For some reason some men do not see the beauty and joy of people. We should work towards love not this
can a nuclear winter contrast climate change? like bombs for a 2-5 degrees drop in average temperature
No expert, but do not that depend on if we have passed tipping points or not? I mean if we have passed tipping points, then would not just nuclear winter delay it, and after comming back with revange and we get the opposite problem, and with the civilisation collapsed we can not fight it with geoengineering, which we can now.
great video
If you're reading this, it's okay to consider this, morally reprehensible to actually contemplate. There is no situation with this on the table that is worth betting your life on.
GOOD. Life blows
Of course we could. As long as we have the ability to generate power, and clean drinking water, we could survive indefinitely with the right preparation. You can use UV lights to grow crops, underground even. Pot farmers have been doing it for decades. The idea that humanity wouldn't find a way to adapt and survive, given our current state of technology, is ridiculous.
The optimus prime of human dumbness, using the atomic bombs. 🤭
This is like tuchunka from mass effect
Lets find out! ☺
Humanity no a few lucky singles. Mabee.
Yeah. Put some bananas in the exhaust hose ... and that's it for the mighty tank. Tanks are so old school. Modern warfare is sth completely different.
Nuclear.
Just get a bunch of planes with water and spray all the ash to the ground
It doesn't matter anymore
Contraversial opinion: If I was the President of America and my country was about to be annhilated in nuclear fire I wouldn't strike back. No matter how terrible and authoritarian my enemies are, the possibility of them taking over the world would still be preferable to the possible extinction of humanity.
It may not depend on you. Refusing to retaliate in the nations darkest hour might be equated with treason. You might find yourself dismissed and someone else taking over. The Constitution does not give the right to POTUS to sacrifice the nation.
@@florinivan6907 The nation would already be lost. Retaliation is just an act of revenge in nuclear war. I get what you mean though
@@jimmyjohnson1870 Minor detail all nuke armed countries assume they would survive a nuke war regardless of how many hits they took. They base this assumption on nothing actually but continuity of operations plans assume the system wouldn't collapse. In fact plans have vague post-nuke use ideas about survival including preserving a nuke arsenal for future deterrence. How realistic these plans are and whether the drafters themselves believe in them is another matter. These plans cannot account for basic stuff like whether your currency is still traded on the markets. The US can afford its spending because the dollar is the reserve currency. What happens if it ends up worthless cannot be realistically mitigated. But survival plans don't take this into account. They can't since it might be interpreted as weakness.
@@florinivan6907 Jesus Christ.
Right
Isn't a Russian First Strike 12-20 GT by itself?
2024 it's going to happen
no
its only 25 years not that big of a deal
What if we put up large hepa filters to filter out the particles in the atmosphere
Are u crazy ? World hasn't discovered a large hepa filter yet
Good idea🤔👍
Remember the Donner Party? Many of them still did not survive.
Humans would survive, the most primitive natives would survive because they do not need modern technology.
Why are they showing nuclear war started from India Pakistan border 🤷
Both countries already fought the 1999 war and many other major conflicts without using any nuclear weapons.
India even has no first use policy. I don't know about Pakistan but India surely has no interest in war.
We must use nuclear technology for energy.
Guess it's time to fly to a tropical country before its too late.
Thankfully No.
In 1958 they thought that 'hiding under your desk for 10 minutes' was enough...
NO.
would war 3 end back stone age. 😬😬😬
No
In Quran, there is surah call Ad-Dukhan, well the verse is the prophecy of Nuke winter.
PRAY FOR NUCLEAR WAR. We've never been so close! Can't wait!!!
What is wrong with you :(
@@stinkstink6796 nothing. I want to see people cook.
I want to see this gaey earth getting destory
Matthew 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not 😧alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end ☢is still to come.
They celebrated dropping on Japan but they really dropped it on themselves.
Guess We found a way to make greta thunberg happy
stop fear mongering 😡😡
Thanks goodness Orange Hitler is no longer in charge of the nuclear codes!
At least no new wars happened while orange man was in office. Now we have a senile old man who falls up stairs and and funds genocide and war.
So you didn’t present any factual data, and instead resorted to fear mongering based on disproven outdated research papers.
I hope it will happen because it will trigger the return of Jesus Christ, amen.
Would you want to ?😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😮😮😮😮😮😮
Semi BS
"Semi BS"
Why don't you elaborate
To avoid nuclear "disaster" - it is necessary to destroy terrorussia as soon as possible!
Слава Україні!
Смерть москві!
😂
To avoid nuclear disaster there is just one way. Ukraine should surrender ... why Ukraine wanted to join NATO ??? Russia just defended itself from nazists
@@TraitorKiller
It’s perfectly moral to wipe out Russia; the problem is that it’s immoral to put the rest of the planet at risk by doing so.
Jesus will come down again and save humanity. 🙏 don’t worry
Go vegan
It sure feels good to let America see/know what’s coming.