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'Doomsday' vault design unveiled
The final design for a "doomsday" vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government.
The Svalbard International Seed Vault will be built into a mountainside on a remote island near the North Pole.
The vault aims to safeguard the world's agriculture from future catastrophes, such as nuclear war, asteroid strikes and climate change.
Construction begins in March, and the seed bank is scheduled to open in 2008.
The Norwegian government is paying the $5m (£2.5m) construction costs of the vault, which will have enough space to house three million seed samples.
See link for more
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Posted: 2007-02-09 11:08:34
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thats amazing and something other countries should be doing also....
i hope we never need to rely on it though
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Posted: 2007-02-09 11:19:29
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I don't think anyone will be left to rely on it.
Is this Norway's Noah's ark with seeds?
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I WOULD RATHER BE HATED FOR WHO I AM THAN BE LOVED FOR WHO I AM NOT[ This Message was edited by: axxxr on 2007-02-09 17:11 ]
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Posted: 2007-02-09 13:51:58
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Didn't realise any country in the world would build something like that, better if it had room for the entire population of Earth though.
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Posted: 2007-02-09 17:53:20
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I can just about get on with my flatmate - never mind living cheek by jowl with 5 billion other people.
And imagine the queue for the bathroom....
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[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2007-02-09 16:58 ]
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Posted: 2007-02-09 17:56:51
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My biggest question is do the Norwegian's know something that we don't?
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Posted: 2007-02-09 18:12:34
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It must be good for atleast on person in the event of nuclear war! lol
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Posted: 2007-02-09 18:14:24
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perhaps the people of norway and bracing themselves for the end, or going to bring it on themselves. or maybe they'll turn it into a museum to get some of that money back while they can
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Posted: 2007-02-10 00:39:37
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this fits perfectly with what the swedish people have.
they have a mayor underground nuclear complex where in case of an explotion, everything would remain safe.
and yes i also think they know something we don't, just look at the technology that comes from scandinavia, its always ahead of its time.
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Posted: 2007-02-10 03:33:35
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I wonder what the JAPs are doin' right now . . . I'm sure it's way, way too advance than what the Norwegian's have thought here
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Posted: 2007-02-10 03:57:09
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