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MagnetoHydroDynamics comments on Neil deGrasse Tyson on Cryonics - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: bekkerd 09 May 2012 03:17PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 14 December 2012 12:28:51AM 1 point [-]

Cryonics storage doesn't consume even a visible fraction of industrially produced liquid nitrogen. And it won't for ten-thousands of patients to come.

Comment author: [deleted] 14 December 2012 01:15:13AM 2 points [-]

Retracted after a bit of research; they just add more liquid nitrogen to counteract evaporation, and don't actually use any electricity. (I honestly didn't know this.)