# nuclear bombs hypothetical **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 14, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bombs-hypothetical/213166 "2003-11-14T03:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burntsand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@burntsand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burntsand)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bombs-hypothetical/213166/21 "2003-11-15T02:25:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by g8rguy \* > \*\*Hmm… We have the benefits of not needing to get all our energy from the sun directly (nuclear power, hydroelectric power, and so on). Ought we not to have the capacity, at least in principal, to keep enough plant life alive that we could in turn sustain some (vanishingly small, admittedly) fraction of the human race for a goodish bit of time? \*\* I haff a plan for just such an eventuality, mein Fu… Mr. President. In Pennsylvania, there exist a large number of abandoned mine shafts, easily deep enough to provide protection against the coming nuclear cataclysm. With modern nuclear power plants, and adequate stocks of food and medicine, I see no reason why a small number of senior government officials, joined by a large number of sexually attractive young women, should not be able to survive almost indefinitely … ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bombs-hypothetical/213166/22 "2003-11-15T02:32:37Z")
Obviously, I need to get out and start watching bad movies about Flaming Asteroid Doom[sup]TM[/sup] and whatnot, as most of these references are more or less lost on me. Ah well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bombs-hypothetical/213166.md?page=1)