Posted by goldenface
'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.
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Posted by leeboy13
thats amazing and something other countries should be doing also....
i hope we never need to rely on it though
Posted by axxxr
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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Posted by arien617
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.
Posted by goldenface
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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Posted by axxxr
My biggest question is do the Norwegian's know something that we don't?
Posted by Coxy
It must be good for atleast on person in the event of nuclear war! lol
Posted by mrmilo69
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
Posted by bart
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.
Posted by *Jojo*
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 by 02
HHHmmm... made man stuff VS God.... HHHHHmmmmmmm
Posted by bart
never ever underestimate the scandinavian mind.
Posted by *Jojo*
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. . . and so too with the - ALIENS !
Posted by lastikcizme
Mankind should also store records of its technological achievements and blueprints and etc. on a similar site. So we would not have to reinvent the wheel if we ever need to start all over again.
And some machinery that helps rebuild civilization. I may seem far-off, but we may need it someday.
And further improvements can be stored on the moon, for example, to guide our descendants, or whoever comes after we left or diasppeared.
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By JAPs I assume you mean the Japanese? In any case, yes it would be funny to see what they have up their sleeve lol, wouldn't suprise me. If your not talking about them, sorry haven't a clue.