"Norway to invest $13 million in “Doomsday” Seed Vault" Topic
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Tango01 | 06 Apr 2018 9:37 p.m. PST |
"Norway will be spending 100 million crowns ($13 million) to upgrade its so-called "Doomsday" Seed Vault. The facility built in the Arctic 10 years ago already hosts more than 850,000 seed samples donated by nations from all over the planet, safekeeping them in the event of a catastrophic event…."
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Cacique Caribe | 07 Apr 2018 5:44 a.m. PST |
LOL. So will it need another $13 USD million to be upgraded again 10 years after the apocalypse? Dan |
zoneofcontrol | 07 Apr 2018 5:58 a.m. PST |
So I guess the first $13 USD million was just "seed money"?!? |
Legion 4 | 07 Apr 2018 7:34 a.m. PST |
Hopefully after the "Catastrophic Event" there will be someone left to use the seeds. And the environment is not toxic, etc., … |
mjkerner | 07 Apr 2018 10:11 a.m. PST |
There's a post-apocalyptic gaming scenario right there…"Liberate the seeds before we starve to death! (Pssst, and whatever happens, don't forget to grab the Sour Diesel seeds!)" |
Tango01 | 07 Apr 2018 11:08 a.m. PST |
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Zephyr1 | 07 Apr 2018 2:33 p.m. PST |
After the Apocalypse: "The good news is the poison ivy seeds survived and will grow very fast. The bad news is they'll be the only thing to leaf out after we run out of toilet paper…" |
Legion 4 | 08 Apr 2018 7:22 a.m. PST |
After the Apocalypse Most of us will be dead … so … |
The Shoveler | 09 Apr 2018 9:03 p.m. PST |
And those that aren't dead might get some use out of it. |
Legion 4 | 10 Apr 2018 5:50 a.m. PST |
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Marc the plastics fan | 10 Apr 2018 11:39 p.m. PST |
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