As someone who considered the possibility of some type of collapse, I plan on reading your book soon. However, I am convinced that if there is some type of cascading systems collapse (electric and water grid) WE WILL BE SCREWED! Big time. Have you seen this video about what will happen to all the nuclear power plants if electricity stopped :
It seems that those that don't die off from the event, the rest will die from all the radiation leaked from the 400ish meltdowns that take place. Look at the maps of where nuke power plants exist. Especially in europe and USA. Seems like there needs to be a special group that is trained now that would somehow go to all the nuke power plants and keep the cooling pools going for eternity or until some type of technology was created to deal the the nuclear waste. I'm no fan of continued technological "progress" , but it seems like we have crossed a point of no return with nuclear energy. If the electrical grid collapses, all the those nuclear power plants will meltdown, and meltdown in ways unseen in the history of nuclear energy. Chernobyl and Fukashima are nothing compared to simultaneous full meltdowns at all nuclear power plants. Thus, even if some survive a collapse, it seems unlikely that there would be a future for most species (except those tolerant to high levels of radiation).
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Dear Dr. Dartnell,
As someone who considered the possibility of some type of collapse, I plan on reading your book soon. However, I am convinced that if there is some type of cascading systems collapse (electric and water grid) WE WILL BE SCREWED! Big time. Have you seen this video about what will happen to all the nuclear power plants if electricity stopped :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91JZCbGLCvk&feature=player_embedded
It seems that those that don't die off from the event, the rest will die from all the radiation leaked from the 400ish meltdowns that take place. Look at the maps of where nuke power plants exist. Especially in europe and USA. Seems like there needs to be a special group that is trained now that would somehow go to all the nuke power plants and keep the cooling pools going for eternity or until some type of technology was created to deal the the nuclear waste. I'm no fan of continued technological "progress" , but it seems like we have crossed a point of no return with nuclear energy. If the electrical grid collapses, all the those nuclear power plants will meltdown, and meltdown in ways unseen in the history of nuclear energy. Chernobyl and Fukashima are nothing compared to simultaneous full meltdowns at all nuclear power plants. Thus, even if some survive a collapse, it seems unlikely that there would be a future for most species (except those tolerant to high levels of radiation).
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