X-Message-Number: 11124
From: "Philip Rhoades" <>
Subject: Re: CryoNet #11109 - #11116
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:11:00 -0000

Hello all,

>Message #11112
>Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:19:06 -0500 (EST)
>From: Charles Platt <>
>Subject: Australia
>
>On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Thomas Donaldson wrote:
>> Well, as for Australia, I FOUNDED the Australian cryonics group, and did
>> lots of work when I first lived there to make it successful
>
>Okay, I'm interested. What does the group do? Does it have emergency
>response capability? Can it perfuse anyone with anything? How would your
>patient be transferred for maintenance at Alcor? How many cryonics
>members live in Australia, and how widely are they dispersed across the
>very large land area? I tend to think that if any of them believe they
>will be well-preserved, they're fooling themselves; but I would love to
>be proven wrong.


I have been lurking here for quite a while but only comment now because of
this
particular issue. I have had some private mail with some individuals both in
the US
and here (Australia) about the feasibility/viability of setting up a
cryonics facility in
in Australia. Most people commented about the cost and effort of doing so
and the
problem of a much smaller population here. It is obviously a big and
difficult job but I am so
far undeterred . . I have distributed copies of Halperin's "The First
Immortal" to all my
family members and am getting positive feedback - I think this is great way
of getting
a lot of the issues across with a good read at the same time.

>Personally I feel I am taking a risk by living 500 miles from the
>facility that would provide service in an emergency. You are living more
>than 10,000 miles away. How do you rationalize this with a desire to be
>placed in cryopreservation?


I understand what you are getting at but not all of us are prepared to give
up all the other
things in our lives to be close to a cryonics facility (gun control or not).
I feel the only real
solution for me (and lots of family members - and friends?) is to set up
shop here. We have
various sorts of expertise already, with enough determination I think we can
get there.

I am in contact with the Cryonics Assoc of Australian and am able to set up
a Web site for
the group - this is a first start to increasing membership I think. The more
members we have
the more viable an Australian facility becomes.

Regards,

Phil.

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