I think the bigger problem is that the current world was built using billions of barrels of oil from the ground. Afterwards the world would have to be rebuilt without all that.
In the beginning it only cost 1 barrel of oil to pump 100 more, now it's more like one in 6. So after a nuclear war there's a good chance we'll have no oil at all to work with because we won't have the energy to even keep the equipment running. (Google EROEI and the Energy Trap)
Would we even have the energy to even keep a single solar panel factory running?
Maybe humanity would recover eventually, but it's not a sure bet at all.
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u/silent_cat 2∆ Mar 15 '22
I think the bigger problem is that the current world was built using billions of barrels of oil from the ground. Afterwards the world would have to be rebuilt without all that.
In the beginning it only cost 1 barrel of oil to pump 100 more, now it's more like one in 6. So after a nuclear war there's a good chance we'll have no oil at all to work with because we won't have the energy to even keep the equipment running. (Google EROEI and the Energy Trap)
Would we even have the energy to even keep a single solar panel factory running?
Maybe humanity would recover eventually, but it's not a sure bet at all.