Investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen emphasizes the potential survival of Australia and New Zealand in a nuclear war scenario. She discusses the catastrophic impacts of such a conflict on global agriculture, particularly in the northern hemisphere, predicting widespread failure leading to mass deaths. Jacobsen warns that after a nuclear war, radiation damage would make outdoor survival nearly impossible, forcing populations underground. These insights were shared on The Diary of a CEO podcast amid rising tensions relating to ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
"Places like Iowa and Ukraine would be just snow for 10 years. So agriculture would fail and when agriculture fails, people just die..."
"On top of that, you have the radiation poisoning because the ozone layer will be so damaged and destroyed that you can't be outside in the sunlight..."
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