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1. KJ Hoyt Said,

   This appears to be seed savers exchange on steroids. Great idea! I wish i could have had a part in it. what a worthwhile cause. We need to collect even more seeds and save them also. the high level of world wide stupidity makes this an even more pressing issue. I sure wish I could have had a part in this endevour.

2. TJ Said,

   Ironic this thing opens on my Birthday as well as Ralph Nader’s and also Chelsea Clinton’s I learned today as well..

   There are those who believe this was built for a cataclysm that those in the know are aware is coming so as to service their survival after a drastic reduction in world population of which they are not at all adverse too..

3. knife geek Said,

   Personally I think it is pretty cool even though seeds aren’t particularly exciting. Did they add extra space for some world leaders in there? hehe. It is nice to see money invested into our society and preservation of our way of life.

4. bibi Said,

   This is definitely a worthwhile effort, hopefully we won’t ever have to use it. Unfortunately you all are right, with the way our supposed world leaders are acting we may have to eventually…

   World Leaders will be saved, right next to Walt Disney…Hehe:)

   Thanks for your comments guys.

5. DrFreemanstein Said,

   I hope they plan to build another, duplicate vault sometime in the near future…maybe in Antarctica? Just in case something happens to this one! A “backup-backup” so to speak…do you think they already do the same with animal DNA? Would need a lot smaller facility I would imagine…Just in case a species of animal also gets wiped out, we could rekindle the species through cloning?
   Could be useful!

6. tryingtobeoptimistic Said,

   thats a good idea we need more long term plans…the only thing i worry about is if it is global warming or a climate shift. perma frost has been known to melt in the past so hopefully the place they picked will be that cold in 200+ years…nobody knows what that area of the earth is going to be like in 200, 300, 500 years…
   although…who’s to say at the rate were going humanity is even going to last 500 more years…

   but like i said its always good to be prepared and have long term plans …better safe than sorry …

7. willyoumind Said,

   Hmm…A very cool and interesting fact here, but to collect over 100 countries seeds is not an easy task here…

8. A Said,

   This is already a backup as it’s not the only place to hold the seeds. They have been sent from collections throughout the world eg the Institute of Tropical Agriculture.

   But it’s not suitable for plants which don’t have viable seeds, most importantly bananas which are one of the world’s most important crops. The main collection is stored in Leuven in belgium, with a backup in Montpellier in the south of France.

   Disaasters do happen: a typhoon damaged the Philippine rice gene bank, and looters destroyed wheat and lentil gene banks at Abu Ghraib in Iraq.

9. bibi Said,

   A,
   Thanks for all that additional info, and for stopping by.

10. Kevin Said,

    This is the second blog I have seen mention this vault, but yours has a lot more detail than the other. I find it very fascinating and think that it is a good idea. My question is though, what if this one gets destroyed? There aren’t any others.

11. bibi Said,

    Hi Kevin,
    Read the comment from A above and you’ll find that it it not the only vault.

    Thanks for stopping by…

12. Robyn Said,

    are they going to have majiauna seeds also? I hope so

13. Dharm Said,

    what if all links to this storage also succumb to Doomsday disaster.Once there lived humans!!

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