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JumpCrisscross
on April 13, 2017
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The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) ...
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It's still debatable whether any humans anywhere in the world would survive
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thatcherc
on April 13, 2017
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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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