I agree, I’m intrigued. The second part was a bit ranty for my taste but I would love to see the hard data on the first part.

I would also point out that if the meteor that drove the last big extinction event didn’t kill all life on the planet, neither will nuclear war.

To quote Jurassic park, life finds a way. It may look different but nothing humans can do will kill all life, maybe a lot, maybe all human life, but in another few million years something else will adapt and evolve and all that plastic and poison pumped into the planet will be gone.