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In the meantime, these stopgap measures will have to suffice, as people around the world look to their leaders for help. This past winter alone, an estimated 3 million people in North America died due to lack of proper heating. This crisis has led to a number of smaller conflicts around the world. Aside from the war between humans and Votans, human versus human and even alien versus alien skirmishes are increasingly common. Some believe we’re living in the end of days. Everywhere they look, they see war, famine, and pestilence walking among us—with death’s pale horse rounding the corner. Perhaps that’s why many are already calling this worldwide conflict “The Pale Wars.”
There is a glimmer of hope, however. Several weeks ago, EMC commandos raided an Indogene research laboratory in Seattle and captured the alien science team and their equipment intact. Scientists are hard at work attempting to reverse-engineer the technology for humanity’s use. No one can predict how long this process might take, though it may offer a better solution than our current nuclear band-aid. The EMC has relaxed many safety protocols in an effort to speed up construction of the new reactors. Critics are quick to point out the mistakes of the past—citing disasters at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima Daiichi (the latter a result of the 2011 tsunami). Even in peacetime, nuclear power requires great care. At the rate these new plants are going up, scientists predict it’s only a matter of time before we’re faced with a major disaster.
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