it doesn’t matter how much power the 3rd world countries need, when they can’t get it the population will die off to what they can produce and live with
we will not need anywhere near as much as this article predicted
if sally struthers can’t even get enough food to feed them, how do you think they are going to get enough energy to even boil their beans?
not trying to be nasty, just looking at it honestly
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Honestly, while I appreciate a well reasoned discussion delineating the game theory behind Mutually Assured Destruction, I think “Fuck 'em!” is probably the most enlightened view in the discussion.