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peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I think y’all are missing the point here.

It’s really to justify the production and testing of an insanely large planet altering weapon that would create a really cool firework.

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i_love_FFT@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The only way to convince conservatives to fight climate change is if we do it with guns and bombs

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- Liz@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  If it gets the job done, I’m willing to make that compromise.
  
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JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Actually, one of their feasibility assumptions is that the device is too large to be used militarily.

arxiv.org/html/2501.06623v1#%3A~%3Atext=Confronti….

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- peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Ah. I suppose building an 81 gigaton nuclear weapon wouldn’t be small.
  
  Let’s fire up the antimatter then!
  
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- Adalast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I think they underestimate a military’s desire to use all of the things that go boom.
  
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