X-Message-Number: 4872
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 20:58:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Eugene Leitl <>
Subject: cheap neurosuspensions?

Doug Skrecky wrote in the last cryonet digest:

[...]
>     I think offering a low cost ($10,000) approach to cryonics might
>  prove to increase its popularity rather more than most cryonicists
>  might expect. The most interesting thing about this price point is that
[...]

On the first glance a good proposal, as at least one order of magnitude
more patients can be packed in the same dewar volume. However, it seems 
the lone cryogenic medium cost is relatively small (although derived from
interest solely) in relation to all assotiated ones.

Hence, I think neurosuspensions will become singnificantly cheaper 
only when cryosuspension will become widesperead, not before.

-- Eugene

P.S. It seems the dice started rolling in Germany, too. Just a few
     days ago I got a letter concerning a tentative Munich cryonic
     society foundation. A delocalized cryonics infrastructure seems
     highly desirable in aspects to postmortem rapid response apart
     from increased reliability stemming from introduction of 
     decentralized storage facilities.

     I'll keep you up to date if something ever comes out of it.


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