An apocalypse is a thing that many people may think about at least once in their life. People may wonder what will happen to end the world? Will it end everything at once or will people have to be strong enough to survive? An apocalypse is a big topic used in several recent books, shows, and movies. One most people are familiar with is the idea of a zombie apocalypse, like in “The Walking Dead”. However, one that actually has a good possibility to occur in the present day is a nuclear war. A nuclear war or effects after it, such as electromagnetic pulses and radiation, could end the world as everybody knows it being today. Nuclear war is a very likely possibility, especially with all the new weapons that technology is creating. There are almost 16,000 nuclear …show more content…
There have been several times where we were on the brink of nuclear war, and signs shifted toward it happening. Russia and the US having the majority of nuclear weapons on Earth contributed to the Cold War from 1947-1991, which was an instance where nuclear war was quite possible. Geiger says, “It is now becoming clear that we are within reach of the level at which, after an all-out nuclear exchange that utilized every weapon in every stockpile, there would be no public. Literally, all human existence would end” (1980, p. 958). People need to focus on this problem while still possible. Countries waste so much time fighting over stupid disagreements instead of focusing on the important things going wrong in the environment. Richards believes that: “If we transformed all the energy we spend fighting each other to cooperative ventures, we could probably solve the world 's energy crisis, cure disease, and actually have safeguards in place in response to the some of the disasters discussed in this paper.” (2010, p. 8). The amount of nuclear weapons around needs to be controlled to stop an apocalypse that is very much