While reading Fallout by Ottaviani, Johnston, Lieber, Locke, Mireault and Parker I got to thinking about a few things. One question I asked myself is "Exactly how much do we take things like nuclear energy and the process of getting that energy for granted?"
You've got to think about just how big
a deal this really is and was. When the
Manhattan Project got under way
splitting the atom and getting that covetted
chain reaction seemed an imposibility.
Everything ran on diesel and gasoline and
one bomb was never enough.
Then along came a few brilliant scientists
as well as help a nation that stood against the likes
of Hitler.
After much hard work these men created something that was simultaneously an amazing source of energy and one of the most destructive things the Earth had ever seen.
Because of the works started in the 1930's we now have submarines that are powered by nuclear reactors, power plants that don't burn an ounce of coal and explosive devices that have the potential to ignite the very atmosphere of this planet.
When you stop to think about it, it's really quite impressive what has blossomed out of the Manhattan Project. When you get right down to it, all the government really wanted out of it was a new weapon that they might throw against their enemies. What they got was an unpredictable future where everyone has the same big gun pointed at everyone else just waiting for the right moment...
1 comment:
That's a good analysis provided. A weapon was built to end a war but it created another one entirely. It is a war of fear of the end of the world.
- Kristopher
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