Quoted By:
>Would nuclear winter solve global warming?
Maybe. Take the classic equation
>Impact (human) = Population * affluence * technology
Since we would be going from 8 billion to about 1 billion in the span of 10 years, a global GDP of 100T to 1T, and technology all around the world bricked from EMP:
I = (1/8) * (1/100) * (1/100) = 0.0000125 of current levels
Needless to say the CO2 annual surplus would halt, and maybe go negative, although its hard to say. The existing CO2atm would continue to trap infared radiation, while high-altitude particulates would induce heavy cooling- until they fall out of the atmosphere, and given the altitude, composition, and distribution, would impact temperatures for decades
90% of all people on Earth wouldn't make it out of decade 1 and its probable that 99.95% of all humans would die out by 2100, because the CO2 already injected will continue to trap heat for the next 1,000 years
So no one should be surprised that
