X-Message-Number: 27233
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:22:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeff Davis <>
Subject: Request for info re cost of suspension

Cryofolk,

If there are persons who have the following info
related to CI and/or Alcor suspension cost factors,
would you be so kind as to fill in the blanks?

What I'm looking for is a comprehensive breakdown of
suspension costs into approximately the following
components:

(1) Administrative costs

   (A) General day-to-day operating expenses of the  
    organization NOT specific to any given suspension

   (B) Administrative and personnel costs specifically

    associated with a given suspension.

(2) Equipment costs

   (A) Durable equipment: pumps, cool-down tubs, 
    dewars, vehicles, reusables (by, for example, 
    sterilization), other.

   (B) Consumables--use once and throw away: 

       (1) non-cryoprotectant items: tubing, 
        filters, cleaning fluids, disposable needles, 
        scalpels, gloves, masks, sponges, towling,
etc.

       (2) Cryoprotectant components     

        (a) In the case of an Alcor suspension:

        Cost per unit of M22?

        Number of units of M22 used in a single 
        perfusion/suspension?

        Other cryoprotectant components and their 
        specific costs.

        (b) Re CI
        
        Similar breakdown of cryoprotectant components

        and associated costs.   

(3)Ongoing costs of storage:  

       (A)Personnel costs
       (B)LN2 replenishment cost.

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It is absolutely not my intent to make CI or Alcor
look good or bad compared to one another, but rather
to better understand what costs what so that I and
others may give some thought to how costs might be
reduced.  

My particular interest is the possibility of reducing
long-term storage costs.  I envision a dedicated
solar-powered storage facility, located in the desert
southwest, with its own, redundant LN2 generating
capacity.

Anyway, that's what this is about.

Thank you.

Best, Jeff Davis

Although no one can quantify the probability of
cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90% 
-- and certainly nobody can say it is zero. 
                   Sir Arthur C. Clarke




	
		
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