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The Washington Post has an inciteful article underlining the fact that more and more humans believe in impending disaster on a global scale. The article, entitled: The World’s Agricultural Legacy Gets A Safe Home discusses the contruction of the world’s largest and most secure seed repository. Located on a frozen Island north of Norway, scientists are relying on extreme temperatures and state-of-the-art security measures to keep our food legacy safe from cataclysmic disaster. Endorsed by over 100 nations, this project will start collecting seeds formo millions of food plants from around the world, including over 100,000 varietys of rice. The fact that this is not a US-led initiative is inferred by the following snippet:

The vault is one of many strategies being implemented in sync with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which came into force in 2004 and has been ratified by more than 100 nations. The United States has signed the treaty, but the Senate has not ratified it.

Something snarky could be inserted here, but even I weary of commenting on the arrogance and hubris of the American government’s repeated snubbing of collaberative global efforts to safeguard humanity from itself. This effort is full of good intentions, but I ponder the capabilities of post-apocalypse people in reaching this remote and unforgiving place before their food runs out, given that there will not be oil-based transportation, electrical power, or other useful aids in getting there…