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To: geode00 who wrote (186347)5/9/2006 4:22:46 AM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
50,000 frozen embryos must be quite valuable. It would depend on the value of the 5 year old child. I'd have to do a quick calculation based on all information available to deduce which had greater value.

Would I save 50,000 SUVs or 1 x 5 year old child? It would depend on the quality of the SUVs. 50,000 x $40,000 = $200 million. That's a LOT of value. I think I'd have to save the SUVs unless the child was particularly good [such as a mini-me or junior Einstein].

Not many 5 year old children are worth $200 million.

I suppose a frozen embryo is worth about $1000 [at the extorquerationate medical guild charges], so the embryos would be worth about $50 million. Again, I think I'd have to grab the refrigerator and call to the child to run for it if they can!

But it would depend on the embryos. Not all embryos are created equal. Some would be negative value and should be destroyed.

Mqurice

PS: It's not just the value of the SUVs, it's the value they produce as well. They can produce a LOT of CO2 and maybe that would be just enough to avoid the next glaciation. These things are not linear and the straw that breaks the camel's back could tip us into freezing. I would NOT want to abandon the SUVs and be responsible for not just the loss of the SUVs, but also the initiation of a glaciation which could cost a LOT more than 1 x 5 year old child. I know this economic, engineering and environmental econometric analysis is too complex for most to understand, but hopefully you can grasp the basic ideas. We sophisticated international financial relativity theorists have trouble explaining our complex ideas to the layman [and lay-woman].
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