On 11/01/2015 08:12 PM, [email protected] wrote: > And you reckon that there'll be an island to retire to in such case? > > Goran
Maybe so, maybe no. Maybe New Zealand? The southern hemisphere would probably escape the worst fallout, because inter-hemispheric mixing is relatively slow. Short-lived stuff would decay before it got there. > On 02/11/2015 13:25, Mirimir wrote: >> On 11/01/2015 02:25 AM, jim bell wrote: >> >> <SNIP> >> >>> While the first few collected rewards would probably be in the tens >>> of thousands of dollars range, after a few hundred are collected I >>> think the price could easily drop to the low thousands. >> >> Really? Let's say that there was a viable AP system. What would bids be >> like for top US officials? There are maybe a couple billion people who >> want them dead. Even at $1 each, that's a lot of money! >> >> Also, consider the potential for collateral damage. Let's say that I'm >> the captain of a Russian nuclear sub. The aggregate value of the US >> Congress might hit $100 billion, no? So what might I do? First, kill my >> crew, after making suitable arrangements. Then nuke Washington, and >> collect my winnings. Maybe drop out for a few years in some deep part of >> the Pacific. Then buy an island, and retire. >> >> <SNIP> >> >> > >
