X-Message-Number: 22076
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:42:25 -0400
From: Thomas Donaldson <>
Subject: CryoNet #22071 - #22075

HI everyone!

I've met Paul Segall and was both glad that he was working on 
cryopreservation and sad that he could not continue his work with
Timiras, which then and now had the potential of providing a 
serious treatment for aging. And naturally I hope that he
was suspended as well as possible.

He was also one of the early cryonicists, and his deanimation 
(which I hope was not his death) should really have been noticed
much more. I would HOPE that those who knew of it would tell
a complete story, perhaps in THE IMMORTALIST. The note by 
Ben Best is the first time I heard of his deanimation.

Did he accomplish much? Not really, but then the early stages of
cryonics were hard on those who worked for it then. And with
that in mind he did a great deal.

Some other comments:

Tim Freeman seems to be infected with the standard fear of nuclear
reactors as a source of power. No, they could only work for a few
decades if we insisted on only using U235 in them. Plutonium is
a fine nuclear fuel, as one would expect from its use in making
explosives. Nor would its use, with suitable caution, raise any
problems of proliferation --- which looks as if it will happen
regardless. As for fuel for transport, use of hydrogen is going
well. After all, there are already buses on the market which
use hydrogen as fuel, and several methods to store it molecularly
--- use of hydrogen boride, which I mentioned before on Cryonet,
provides one such method. Not only that, but we've also got the
Athabascan tar sands, plus a company which can now refine them
into high quality gasoline at a reasonable price. The only
problem we may have is a period in which gasoline costs a bit
more (and if you want a real example, South Africa was making 
its gasoline before apartheid gave way. WITHOUT ANY OIL).

It simply doesn't comport us as cryonicists to moan about the
upcoming loss of power sources. If you are really concerned,
Tim and Mark, then get involved with the companies which are 
working to solve these problems. If you can't get a job with
them in any capacity, then buy some of their shares as support.
You might even make some money from that.

          Best wishes and long long life for all,

                Thomas Donaldson

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