Every Nuclear Explosion since 1945

[Exorcet]

Problem is it isn't enough. The negative effect humanity has on nature is far greater than the positive. Ignoring of course the potential future saving from an apocalyptic asteroid.

What metric are you using to determine the overall impact of humanity?

 

[rb26x]

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Wow.

 

[Tornado]

And we need them for when the aliens invade... or a huge asteroid is flying towards us. I've seen the films.

That isn't the nukes themselves. That is the nukes being powered by huge amounts Jeff Goldblum/Bruce Willis.

Remember, the nukes were useless up until they intervened personally.

 

[Keef]

This article correlates the various disease epidemics currently in the US to the nuclear testing in the American west. I wonder how many generations it will take before the radiation damage goes away?

 

[G.T.Ace]

Source? Just because you know that radiation causes cancer doesn't mean setting off 1,000 bombs in over the span of 50 years in mostly remote settings will cause widespread cancer. I'm not saying you're wrong, I would just like proof.

No source, no proof, I wrote I am certain. It's more a personal evaluation based on what I know about radiation and nuclear weapon tests.

There are many other reasons people get cancer, and alot of them have to do with what they ingest daily (food, drink).

True, tons of reasons, also natural causes.

I know of a couple Nuclear Engineers and Nuclear Physicists that would like to have a word with you on that.

Great, give me their contact details.

 

[Dennisch]

I think some people overestimate the size of the explosions in the video.

 

[TB]

I think some people overestimate the size of the explosions in the video.

I think a lot of people overestimate the size of a lot of things.

 

[G.T.Ace]

I think some people overestimate the size of the explosions in the video.

Yeah, most tests are in a lower kiloton range. Still enough to destroy a whole town. One thing I'm missing in this video is a differentiation from tests overground and underground.

 

[rb26x]

I think a lot of people overestimate the size of a lot of things.

This made me laugh pretty hard

 

[dxm8975]

Yeah, most tests are in a lower kiloton range. Still enough to destroy a whole town. One thing I'm missing in this video is a differentiation from tests overground and underground.

Yep, even a relatively small scale of nuclear test can collapse the landscapes of a town to ashes, but what is affected by the series of repeated nuclear experiments at the first hand is people and other surrounding organisms dwelling around the venues chosen for nuclear testing(E.g. Even only in the U.S. thousands of residents fell victim to the aftermath of nuclear radiation as a consequence of getting cancers or radical exposure of redioactivity.)