X-Message-Number: 17620
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 19:22:04 -0500
From: david pizer <>
Subject: money was a secondary issue

A little more discussion on making our own LN2
From Dave Pizer

Brett Bellmore said:

>With regards to making our own LN2, there are tradeoffs. At some time down
>the road, we presumably are going to start reviving people. If we have
>persued a strategy of buying LN2, we will have a trust fund available which
>can be turned to that purpose, as it no longer will be required for LN2.

>On the other hand, if that money has been invested in LN2 producing
>equipment, that equipment will become excess at that time, and presumably
>would have to be sold as used or scrap, and at a considerable loss.

>Thus, I would say that buying LN2 is probably preferable to making it,
>unless making it is so much cheaper than buying it, that the difference can
>be invested, and accumulate to provide a comparable sum to be used for
>revival.

If I remember correctly, we would have paid for the equipment in 5 to 7
years with the savings from making our own liquid nitrogen vs continuing to
buy it.  This date is probably shorter now that we have more patients and
use more of the stuff.

But the BIGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSTTTT  benefit would be, (and what I
meant for the main point of my original post) would be the safety issue.
No price can be put on the safety of having our own LN2 making capability
if war or terrorist attacks make it impossible for suppliers to deliver LN2
to Alcor!


David

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