| Ka-pi96 said: 1. Brain beating brawn is no where near 99% of the time. Oh, and lets not forget there are a LOT of really stupid humans out there as well (the ones that would run into a zombie infested building after a dog come to mind). And of course the numbers advantage. That's a really huge one, the zombie numbers would keep going up, they are easily replaceable. A human dies and it would take years for another one to be born and grow old enough to fight zombies. 2. This really depends how fast it spreads. If it isn't that fast then yeah it could be contained and eradicated. If it spreads fast though, especially internationally then it's a pretty big problem. Besides even if weapons like that were used it would still wipe out a lot of things, so you could still say a zombie apocalypse happened and destroyed a large part of the world. 3/4. Sure vehicles would be a big advantage to start with. But fuel and ammo are finite resources. Once they go then that advantage goes with them. If the zombie outbreak spreads fast enough then it could seriously affect the supply lines and mean those reserves don't last that long. Then all of a sudden the priority becomes saving the fuel rather than using it all in all out war against the zombies. There are also other factors to consider. Firstly there is the element of surprise. You compared zombies to a horde of savages, but if a horde of savages were to attack it would be known about beforehand and preperations would be made. Zombies would be a complete surprise, no one would be ready. Most cities don't have tanks or jets just sitting around and would most likely be unable to cope with just the police force. |
1. Not 99%, then 95%? Can you give me a historical example of a technologically lesser civilization beating a more advanced one in a war?
2. I'm not really talking abot containment. I'm talking about the ability to just destroy huge zombie populations at a touch of a button without the need for fighting men at all. Think about drones armed with huge bombs and missiles.
3/4. There's more fuel and ammo available on the earth now to eradicate every human on the face of the earth 10 times over. Why would these resources all of a sudden disappear? On one battleship alone, there are hundreds of thousands of high impact shells that could mow down an entire city full of zombies already.
I understand that people aren't prepared, but I'm assuming in this instance that the zombies have come out already, and the remaining humans are prepared to fight. In an engagement like that, there's simply no way the humans can lose.
