X-Message-Number: 28517 From: Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:17:15 EDT Subject: interregnum Raphael Haftka wrote: >The discussions of a possible takeover of CI reminded me of an old worry, the >period when it may become clear to most people that if they can only hold on for >30-40 more years, they are likely to live at least several hundred more years. If at >that time cryonics will also be a proven technology (e.g., animals de-animated and >re-animated) there may be a rush on our facilities. I would appreciate knowing of >any previous discussion of such possible interregnum and/or your individual crystal >ball. At some point there will probably be a rush into cryonics. When that happens, Frigidaire and General Electric and many start-ups will offer it, as well as Service Corp. Intl. The main danger then may be a soaring price for liquid nitrogen. At some point we may want to buy our own generator and power plant. But the surge is unlikely to be very sudden. R.E. Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28517