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"Not going to happen" is a bold statement. We haven't even solved the problem of how to burry nuclear waste save (see Germany and their trials at Asse) yet - ho
by spacefight 12y ago
"Not going to happen" is a bold statement. We haven't even solved the problem of how to burry nuclear waste save (see Germany and their trials at Asse) yet - how are we supposed to safely store human bodies and keep coorporations alive for decades if not centuries?
- blueskin_ 12y agoBecause there really aren't any companies hundreds to 1500 years old, right? Oh, wait. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies
- spacefight 12y agoOf course there are centuries old companies out there - but they didn't have the technical burden of storing along conserved bodies in a near perfect condition with them... Apple, meet Orange.
- blueskin_ 12y agoIt isn't that hard. Maintaining a building, as well as receiving a weekly delivery of liquid nitrogen and topping up a few dozen giant dewars and monitoring their temperatures. They don't even need weekly deliveries, as they are good for three months without refilling if necessary. http://www.alcor.org/FAQs/faq02.html#bigfoot http://www.alcor.org/FAQs/faq02.html#bigfoot Of course, they perform research too, but the core of their existence is the preservation of their patients.
- spacefight 12y agoI would say even getting constant liquid nitrogen resupplies is not trivial. Think of the unthinkable: a war around the compound for years, cutting of the supply. There's many other scenaries which makes the problem hard.
- blueskin_ 12y agoA war in Scottsdale, Arizona? Interesting. As it is, I would seriously doubt they don't have contingency plans for moving, which would likely be enacted pre-emptively if the area became unstable.