Take a look at what Alan Weisman theorizes would happen if humans suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth. Two days: New York Subways flood; 7 days: The emergency fuel supply to diesel generators that circulate cooling water to nuclear reactor cores would run out. It just keeps getting better—rollover the timeline on Alan Weisman’s site to check it out. Weisman wrote a book on the topic; it’ll be a wonderful conversation starter at my anarchist book club.

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