Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4843137-20140519231050/@comment-32656-20150202182143

Given the higher global death rates that are still going on, it will take a long time to get the population back up there. Even though it has fallen a ton, radiation is still much higher on this earth than our own.

Let's put it this way: It hasn't even recovered to 1983 levels yet. Not even close. We added up the US survivor states a couple years back, and even with two more years, it's still at most a tenth of the otl population, for example - Europe, China, and Egypt are far worse.

Won't even get back to 1983 levels until probably close to 2100. The current estimated 2050 levels for otl will realistically never happen here.

15-30 years for DD tech to get to otl levels sounds about right - still going to be that much behind otl, mind.

2050, imo, for expansion like that starting even in otl is wildly optimistic.

Atl, something like the ISS by then is pushing it too far.

No others are projected to get that far. India would be closest.

Spar, that is literally impossible. The idea that you could get "superpowers" like that is a complete falsehood. At most, you live and your descendants are disfigured. At most.