Quote Originally Posted by ImSavy View Post
Funnily enough no power really has an incentive to destroy the world. That being said the level of cock ups with nuclear power have lead to much more disastrous consequences than anything else.
There's an incentive, alright. Imagine if you could wipe out the entire human race, except for those who you choose to shelter with you in your bunker. If you were the only people who survived, the world would be yours. The entire world. Well, what's left of it. But still, it'd be one hell of a prize, knowing that you and your select friends are now the dominant creatures on the planet.

Problem is, of course, that you won't be the only survivors, because you're not the only one with a bunker. So, while the incentive is there, so too is the deterrent.

If there was a way they could guarantee they'd be the only ones to survive, I reckon they'd do it. Crazy thing is, it woulod probably be for the long term benefit of the species.