X-Message-Number: 26502
From: "John de Rivaz" <>
Subject: Re:Billions of people suspended?
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 12:56:50 +0100

> At 09:00 AM 03/07/05 +0000, "Basie" <> wrote:

I don't think that is going to happen. Even if suspension is 100%
successful. Society can not afford it.  Just do the math.
<

Society affords looking after aged people. Political systems that
exterminate them do not last long.

The costs of looking after aged people for just one year are well in excess
of Alcor and CI's cryopreservation fees. At home in the UK the cost is of
the order of $125k/yr and are subject to substantial inflation well over the
average. If the aged are concentrated into care homes, the cost is about a
third per person if the care ratio is 8. But bear in mind that the cost for
a couple in the same house is the same as for one person in the house, and
therefore for a couple the costs of the care home are two thirds,  not one
third. The costs quoted for "in own home" care do not include the cost of
food or running the house, local taxation etc.

The average duration for a patient in a care institution is about three
years before death. I don't recall seeing a figure for care in the patients
own home, but it is likely to be considerably longer because they would be
in a better psychological state and the care ratio is very much better..

Of course some patients perish without ever seeing the inside of a care
home, and I do not know what the average ratio is.

Whatever all this adds up to, society affords it!

-- 
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