[Carry_Okie]

When this happens, nukes could start popping, the Middle East could become radioactive for a half life of at least 10,000 years, and Saudi oil would then become unobtainable on the world market.

10,000 years eh?

First, did you hear about the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Well, here's Hiroshima, after but 70 years...

Well, well, what do you know? And here's Nagasaki today:

Apparently the Japanese didn't know about how the land would be destroyed for 10,000 years, so they rebuilt those cities and live there now. I guess you weren't there to tell them.

Second, nukes would do absolutely NOTHING to oil more than a dozen feet underground, which is all of it.

Before blathering such drivel on a public forum, try reality. It's really quite refreshing.

[DJ Taylor]

"Before blathering such drivel on a public forum, try reality. It's really quite refreshing."

Apparently, you don't know how far nuclear weapons have come since Hiroshima.

[atc23]

I thought those were atomic weapons we used against Japan - is there not a difference between little atomic popwads and thermonuclear explosives?

[tacticalogic]

You may be right, but using Hiroshima and Nagasaki as examples might not be accurate. Those were fission bombs.

[Smokin' Joe]

I believe the 10000 year figure comes from bombs with a cobalt casing, not the ones we dropped on Japan. They can be made so the residual radiation is lingering and nasty, or they can be made so they kill the soft targets and leave the infrastructure (neutron bomb) with little residual radiation. It depends on what you want to do.