Well, it WAS invented by Nazis. They were batshit crazy fucktards. Of course, as with the first hydrogen bomb, they had no way of knowing it wouldn't obliterate all life on Earth. They were just "pretty sure" it would stop somewhere. And they did it anyway.
>> Gah. Now /I/ might not sleep tonight! <<
Sorry. I went back and put warnings on this one.
>> Even with the potential to kill things like Ebola and the so-called superbugs...No. Just. NO. <<
Yeah, this may be the rare case where it really is possible to kill everything. Unless something has Immortality. I don't think I'd consider that justification for using it. I mean, what if something went wrong with the damn thing? The use to which it was put here is just about the only halfway-reasonable one I can think of.
>> How deeply is the soil affected? <<
Not very. It's a planar field, not a globe. Might have some upward curve in the center? It would wipe out at least the top foot of earth, which is most or all of the topsoil and ground life in most regions. I doubt it would go much deeper. Well, unless you set it off below ground to kill bunkers.
>> You know it's completely sterilized now? <<
Yep.
>> Talk about salting the earth! <<
Unlike salt, this is temporary. The physical structures are fine. There is some kind of lingering sensation for a few days but it doesn't seem to cause any detectable harm. You could plant things and they'd grow.
The Nazis were trying to make it permanent (remember, bugfuck idiots) but never did figure out how. Fortunately.
>> Even MORE 'no'. <<
Yeah. Even supervillains mostly agree on that point.
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Re: Shocking, dark, and thought-provoking
Date: 2014-07-17 01:24 am (UTC)Shudder. <<
Well, it WAS invented by Nazis. They were batshit crazy fucktards. Of course, as with the first hydrogen bomb, they had no way of knowing it wouldn't obliterate all life on Earth. They were just "pretty sure" it would stop somewhere. And they did it anyway.
>> Gah. Now /I/ might not sleep tonight! <<
Sorry. I went back and put warnings on this one.
>> Even with the potential to kill things like Ebola and the so-called superbugs...No. Just. NO. <<
Yeah, this may be the rare case where it really is possible to kill everything. Unless something has Immortality. I don't think I'd consider that justification for using it. I mean, what if something went wrong with the damn thing? The use to which it was put here is just about the only halfway-reasonable one I can think of.
>> How deeply is the soil affected? <<
Not very. It's a planar field, not a globe. Might have some upward curve in the center? It would wipe out at least the top foot of earth, which is most or all of the topsoil and ground life in most regions. I doubt it would go much deeper. Well, unless you set it off below ground to kill bunkers.
>> You know it's completely sterilized now? <<
Yep.
>> Talk about salting the earth! <<
Unlike salt, this is temporary. The physical structures are fine. There is some kind of lingering sensation for a few days but it doesn't seem to cause any detectable harm. You could plant things and they'd grow.
The Nazis were trying to make it permanent (remember, bugfuck idiots) but never did figure out how. Fortunately.
>> Even MORE 'no'. <<
Yeah. Even supervillains mostly agree on that point.