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> Proliferation would be a concern though.

https://whatisnuclear.com/non-proliferation.html

Non-proliferation as a movement is only as strong a movement as nuclear-equipped nations are willing to enforce it. I’m not willing to hold up deploying reactors in the US over it, but proliferation is a legitimate concern.

I'm more concerned about global warming personally...

What happens when every country has nuclear weapons at the ready and dictators in power? Pretty sure global warming (Climate change) won't be as disastrous as a nuclear winter.

Really, this week? With nuclear war looming over us all?

Also lets put things in perspective, Global Warming means future generations will need to adapt to new weather patterns. Some animal and plant species will become extinct, others may thrive.

Nuclear war will end civilization and make many parts of the world completely uninhabitable.

There is nothing we can do if Putin decides to push the button. The world as we know it ends at that point because the USA won't hesitate to answer with our own nukes, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't worry about things that I could never have any control over. I am worried about global warming per this conversation about energy sources that won't destroy human civilization via natural disasters.

I thought we were talking about proliferation of nuclear technology, and we _do_ have control over that.

> Really, this week? With nuclear war looming over us all?

Nuclear war has been looming over us all since 1949, this week is no different than last week or 10 years ago.

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