X-Message-Number: 26084 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: Are there countries for long term storage ? Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:57:22 +0100 Re: Are there countries other than the USA for long term storage ? The answer is "no". Interest in cryonics around the world is still too diffuse to raise the substantial funds that would be needed. There would need to be many wealthy people in the same town or at least same county (not country) to make this possible. The UK has the most cryonicists outside of North America and it is nowhere near achieving this, though some have tried. The inflation of property prices in relation to salaries, and taxes and regulations on businesses, make the situation far harder now than it was some decades ago when the existing cryonics service providers first appeared. [In the UK at least, it used to be possible to purchase a residence for three years average salary. Now it is seven. Similar inflation relates to business premises. Relating costs to salaries is a much better guide than looking at money figures.] It is important for newcomers to realise that the number of people around the whole world who are signed up for cryopreservation is a only a little over 1250. That comes as quite a shock to a lot of people, considering the level of publicity the subject gets. Once this information is considered, what is surprising is that this can support even two organisations! -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26084