b9 wrote:
you can not solve the problem of a world full of poisonous ants nests by punching them here and there.
they must be intelligently poisoned.
Yes, just "dropping a nuke" will do very little. This is no where NEAR what it was that made the dropping a bomb on japan ploy successful. Besides nuking japan way back when was a tad pointless because they were already half dead and on their way out, like pouring a bucket of water on already drowning ants... whereas this would be tossing some water ineffectively on part of the ant's nest.... not a good idea.
Also, it would just anger the rest of the colony.
(do not mean these terms in an offensive or rude way just a metaphor guys...)
I don't think peace talks would particularly work either....but it should be more wholescale and intellectually done.
Nuking places is a HORRIBLE solution environmentally as well. Nuclear winter anyone? Also, radioactive ash fall out.... a TERRIBLE thing to deal with, also, do we know how quickly the radioactive waste/water/plants/food would decay before it isn't a problem!! Well scientifically yes we do know, but it causes such problems and the logistics of it all; it's a terrible nightmare waiting to happen.
This is why we should study the Hiroshima/Nagasaki thing more carefully, it's the only example we have of what that is like.