If the US and Russia stood down and the rest of the world let loose all of their nukes, it would be insufficient to cause sufficient damage to the technological integrity of our species such that backyard solar manufacture becomes viable.
If the US and Russia stood down and the rest of the world let loose all of their nukes, it would be insufficient to cause sufficient damage to the technological integrity of our species such that backyard solar manufacture becomes viable.
I did not claim that.
I claim it will be hard to limit the use of nuclear weapons.
Just like in the weapons itself, one ignition can trigger a chain reaction in the end forcing russia or US to take part in it as well. If all the people involved are level headed and able to think rational - it likely will prevented also in the future. But if the person in charge is already stressed (and old) and gets lots of pressure - this person, might then feel forced to press a button.
I claim that beyond the open secret that is Israel, the number of countries controlling a right-now detonatable nuclear weapon who are not on the Wikipedia list of "countries with nukes" is less than 5.
You said much more. I think it's fewer than 5.
"Most countries definitely do not have nukes. "
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43209283
Also by my understanding, even 4 more countries having secretly nukes counts as "much more countries having nukes than officially known".
But my point is not semantics, but that even one nuke can trigger a chain reaction. Unknown nukes just makes this more likely.