X-Message-Number: 26190 Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:16:58 -0400 From: Henry R Hirsch <> Subject: Advantages of permafrost burial As Doug Skrecky pointed out in message #26176, permafrost burial won't work unless supplemented by mummification, and that has many drawbacks. However combined mummification and permafrost burial do have two advantages: 1. The location is remote. Destruction by war or terrorism is very unlikely. 2. Once the patient has been mummified and buried, no further attention is required until it is time to revive him or her. The process is "passive." I believe that we stand a good chance of revival from cryonic suspension if we are not destroyed by war or civil insurrection. Services provided currently by our cryonics organizations are highly vulnerable to physical destruction and to interruption of liquid nitrogen supplies. We should move our facilities at least 100 miles from any large cities and equip them with power generators, a one-year or greater supply of fuel, and their own liquid nitrogen plants. This would be expensive, but not prohibitively so. We would then approach the level of safety from destruction afforded by passive mummification and permafrost burial. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26190