D_Alex comments on Cryonics Wants To Be Big - Less Wrong

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Comment author: D_Alex 08 July 2010 05:07:47AM 3 points [-]

The boil-off can be lowered by increasing the insulation thickness, using better materials etc... the current designs are far from optimised for heat loss, since the gas companies do want to eventually sell the LNG in gaseous state. I think that a factor of 8 is doable with current techniques at abt 2x the overall price (this is a guesstimate not a quotation, OK? ;)