Norway to build 'Doomsday Vault'

[Royston]

Please see the article below (you may have to scroll down the page a bit)

 

http://www.physorg.com/news9794.htmlJan%2012

 

Norway is to build a "doomsday vault" in a mountain close to the North Pole that will house a vast seed bank to ensure food supplies in the event of catastrophic climate change, nuclear war or rising sea levels, New Scientist says.

[insane_alien]

Its pointless if there is no one left to open it.

[Royston]

Its pointless if there is no one left to open it.

 

Well errr, yeah, but don't you think it's better to take precautionary measures incase of a tradegy, rather than not bothering under the assumption the entire human race is going to be wiped out ?

[doG]

If I understand Murphy's law correctly that mountain will now become the target of any future asteroid destined for a collision with Earth.

[insane_alien]

I read that it was only a back-up incase all the other vaults around the world were unusable anyways. chances are it'll never be used, at least i hope so.

[herpguy]

Is this seed bank for the whole world or just Norway?

How much will it cost to build it?

[insane_alien]

its for the whole world. the reason its built in Norway is that is is a "safe" country and has permafrost. the permafrost keeps the seeds viable and its not likely to be a target of a nuclear war.

[JustStuit]

That's a pretty interesting idea. I hope it will never need to be used but it's good to keep backup. I wonder if they can use it for anything else other than seeds if they had extra space. Who knows what else they could put in there.

[chemfreak]

Its pointless if there is no one left to open it.

if so. who can even open it , Air Loks? if there were some accident noone would be able to open it.

[Phi for All]

Are there similar Doomsday vaults with human and animal "seeds"?

If I understand Murphy's law correctly that mountain will now become the target of any future asteroid destined for a collision with Earth.

Did Norway buy any Murphy-proof mousetraps?

[doG]

Are there similar Doomsday vaults with human and animal "seeds"? Did Norway buy any Murphy-proof mousetraps?

Maybe there's a market for Murphy's insurance as a result of such vaults