Forum:Question about Rads...

So, I have been playing Fallout 3 for quite some time now, and have noticed that pretty much everything edible has something to do with radiation. Food is contaminated, water is contaminated, soda is contaminated (on purpose). Something odd I have noticed is that no chems or alcohol have any radiation effects on the player. Perhaps it is fair to say that chems may have an airtight seal and that may have spared them, and the same for alcohol, but after 200 years this seal wouldn't be worth much, and no one said anything about radiation proof. I am unsure if alcohol negates radiation, but I am fairly certain it does not (at least, not in real life). Any thoughts?SoPro~ 00:31, April 28, 2010 (UTC)

That's kind of weird, I've never thought about that. Maybe it's just something they overlooked. Alcohol should definitely have radiation. I mean, most alcohol has a cork in it, which I don't think would prevent radiation from getting in. In the case of beer, which would have a bottlecap top, it should have radiation since nuka cola does. I could see medicine not having it because of seals. But remember, back in the day they didn't use to put safety seals on everything like they do now. But they may have developed it because it's an alternate timeline/whatever. 04:08, April 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * First of all, radiation isn't a "contaminate all" magical spell. The way it is portrayed in Fallout 3 doesn't make sense nor is it consistent with previous games, so discussing something that doesn't make any sense is pointless. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/0/08/Personal_Sig_Image.gif Tagaziel (call!) 07:16, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, Gamma Gulp Beer and Roentgen Rum make F2 look bad as well. :P Nitty Tok. 11:40, May 6, 2010 (UTC)

Personally I am in agreement with Mikael. Theoretically however it is possible that ethyl alcohol speeds up the decay of radioactive atoms. This means that, technically, it is possible that over the 200 odd years since the war the radioactive topes would be gone. Sheepbiter 11:38, April 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * "Theoretically however it is possible that ethyl alcohol speeds up the decay of radioactive atoms." The fallout universe physics are pretty weird, but that one would be totally crazy.  Ethanol catalyzing nuclear reactions?  What happens, the weak nuclear force gets drunk? 80.12.81.14 11:33, May 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * LOL that is pushing the limits of SciFiJK1464 04:40, May 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * He didn't pull that out of his ass. There's no scientific evidence for it, but it is something that was commonly believed during the cold war, especially on the russian side. Wickedjacob 12:04, May 13, 2010 (UTC)