X-Message-Number: 9842
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 07:31:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian D Williams <>
Subject: Re: Liquid Nitrogen plants & some other Ideas

Message #9836 From: "den Otter" <>

>A facility like this could easily be made so that it's safe from
>natural disasters (underground bunker in an elevated, geologically
>stable region), fire (you could let the storage crypts slowly fill
>with evaporated LN2, which incidentally makes break-ins a
>potentially lethal undertaking (curse of the Pharaoh-style),
>lowers the LN2 boiloff rate and kills any bugs and rodents that
>might sneak in). 

A truly great idea (I'm still shaking with laughter from the curse
of the Pharaoh part) the good news is that such facilities are
already available.

The Govt has been selling off old missle silo facilities, I read
about this in an architectural magazine a couple of years ago. In
the magazine a yuppie couple had bought one and converted it into
a home.

These facilities were deliberately located in remote areas away
from potential natural disasters and when sealed are impenetratable
short of a silo buster. They could be perfect for our needs.

Great Idea

Brian
Member, Extropy Institute

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