Seed vault in the artic?????

Question

what do u guys think of the doomsday seed vault in the artic, are the scientist really preparing for a global catstrophy and we unaware of it. R we really making the globe run out of its resources and proceed towards an unimaginable crisis?

Answer 1

I think it is a great idea. The project I think only cost about 9 million US. I'm sure this will come in handy possibly even before catastrophic climate change. Between, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, asteriod impacts, blithe, and more this is a project that really thinks ahead.

As for your second question, yes without a doubt we are running out of global resources. You have an ever increasing population many of which are just now starting to enter mainstream consumerism (using fossil fuels etc) and a finite amount of resources. It doesn't take a brain scientist to figure out that eventually we'll run out and before we do we'll start to see severe signs of stress on the ecosystem.  

If you really want your eyes opened read Deep Economy by Bill McKibben.

Answer 2

but whats going to happen to it if the ice all melts like they keep saying , i think there nuts

Answer 3

Isn't is a good thing to be prepared?  

These will probably never be used, but it's good to preserve the species of plants just in case.

Preparing for the worst doesn't mean that the worst will happen.  It just helps restore life in case something does.

Answer 4

its not so much for a global catastrophe as for local ones. for example the boxing day tsunami destroyed seed banks in Pakistan and Indonesia so those species are gone. the vault is just to preserve biodiversity in cereal crops and nothing more.

Answer 5

actually a seed "vault" in the attic is a bad idea. for starters a normal attic is way to hot to store seeds. second many seeds loose there viability after a year or so and some are good for many years. the best thing to do is choose heirloom type seeds  for planting and do you own seed saving from year to year. worry about taking care of your own "family /friends"

eventually things may get bad enough specially  with farms being turned into housing developments as fast as they are.

there is nothing about global warming that 5,000,000,000,000,000 trees won't help correct but all anyone wants to do is focus on emitions

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

are u saying u want the world to continue to become worser and worser?the Attic alone cant feed the whole human race.!!!war may trigger if they lack food.family fight each other for survival.don't lie to yoUrself u wont attack Ur own blood cause when u desire something,u do anything to get it even if they are ur own people.my advice is to slow down the pace of disaster we go so we can enjoy life a little longer.

Answer 8

No, there is no impending catastrophe.  It is cool though, and I would like to open it once global warming has begun and start a huge garden in the artic, which will of course be very comfortable by then.

Answer 9

I do have a question who is going to plant them if the world was to end?

I think it is case "A sucker born every minute"

It harkens back to the days or the Earth 2 project in AZ where after a short period of time the people living in the biodome had to bail.