If the entire world was on fire....?

Question

If the entire world as on fire, could humans/animals survive underwater, say in a submarine?

Answer 1

I would think so' interesting question, its kinda like Noas ark but its asub, cool huh

we might survive although it would have to be extremely planded out, i just dont know how bad it would be when we have to returnn to land if everything is burned it would be hard to find food and the atmosphere would be extremly contaminated, we would have to kill the animals we saved

possible but hard

Answer 2

No the oceans are not going to boil. And the oceans aren't going to catch fire either. Neither will deserts or the poles. Theres only so much matter to burn, then the fire goes out. Yes survival in such a condition is possible on a submarine, for up to 120 people. A submarine going on deployment carries about two months worth of food. Submarines can produce their own fresh water and oxygen from seawater. Food is what determines how long you can stay submerged. With severe rationing you could stay down perhaps 5 or even 6 months, but you would have some seriously crabby sailors.
You would have to have advance notice of the disaster since subs usually never carry more than a fraction of the food needed for a deployment. All of it is loaded hand to hand by the crew. It is ordered well in advance. For the first month or so the crew walks bent over because boxes of #10 cans cover every square inch of floor space.
So yes roughly 120 people could survive for an extended period on each well equipped submarine, waiting for the fires to go out and the skies to clear. When they come up they better head for warm regions, since all that smoke will certainly trigger an ice age.

Answer 3

Some could, but not all 6.3 billion. And if the entire world was on fire what would they come back to?

Although a California-like wildfire enveloping the entire planet cannot happen, and much of the world covered in ice, snow and glaciers provides no fuel to burn, the entire planet COULD burn if the earth were hit by a large enough asteroid or comet. After striking the earth, huge amounts of debris (rocks, cities, etc) would be thrown upward, much of it at thousands of miles per hour and much of it in a molten or incandescant state. When the material started coming back down, all over the world, it would heat the atmosphere and start fires on the land. The atmosphere worldwide could be heated into the hundreds of degrees, melting all ice, killing every land organism (including us), heating the oceans (and probably cooking everyone in the submarines).

BUT....Let's just say that it's not something we should lose sleep over, because the chances of it happening are extremely small, even over the next million years. And, hopefully, in less than 100 years, we'll have the capability to spot the asteroid coming toward us and redirecting it into an altered orbit.

Answer 4

Yes we could, but the problem is that you would have to prepare for it and it would take a really long time to have everything ready when the big burn comes. So, if it did and you did not have the proper supplies, you die.
A fire that big would take many lifetimes to put itself out. So that gives you an idea of how much you would have to prepare. Basically, a new way of living that has nothing to do with the surface of the planet.

Answer 5

No since if the ENTIRE world was on fire, it would heat up the temperature of the air which in turn would heat up the temperature of the water, eventually causing it to boil. Not to mention all the heat the smoke alone would hold.

Answer 6

properly something is accessible. Its no longer very in all risk in spite of the undeniable fact that, that the full international (planet) will capture on hearth; seeing how a majority of the planet is roofed with water, that's extremely difficult to capture on hearth. extra, you question and consequently wager, is obscure. Do you recommend the floor of the planet in basic terms? Or do you recommend from middle to floor. In the two case, i might say particularly no longer likely.

Answer 7

Only for a few hours before the fire particles, steam, and other harsh vapor products snuck further and further down into the ocean...it would not be pretty at all =(

Answer 8

That was a good question!!!! I think eventually we wouldn't be able to survive cause the fire particles then you have steam then vapors. I think it would get us too. So my answer would be no.

Answer 9

NO. but the fire will eventually dry out or something. but were ment to live here not no underwater.

Answer 10

to me i'd say no, the mentality of humans are sometimes idenitical to the mentality of animals, so the instinct of barbarian like behavior is probably going to be a lurking companion, we have to identify that killing , drug abuse , and personalities will all be part of the human mentality so were better off being burned alive.