What about using remote islands as bio-bunkers? Some of them are not reachable by aviation (no airfield), so seems to be better protected. But they have science stations already populated. Example is Kerguelen islands. The main risk here is bird flu delivered by birds or some stray ship.
Remote islands are probably harder to access via aviation, but probably less geologically stable (I’d worry about things like weathering, etc). Additionally this is probably going to dramatically increase costs to build.
It’s probably worth considering “aboveground bunker in remote location” (e.g. islands, also antarctica) -- so throw it into the hat with the other considerations.
My guess is that the cheaper costs to move building supplies and construction equipment will favor “middle of nowhere in an otherwise developed country”.
I don’t have fully explored models also for how much a 100 yr bunker needs to be hidden/defensible. This seems worth thinking about.
If I ended up wanting to build one of these on some cheap land somewhere with friends, above-ground might be the way to go.
(The idea in that case would be to have folks we trust take turns staying in it for ~1month or so at a time, which honestly sounds pretty great to me right now. Spending a month just reading and thinking and disconnected while having an excuse to be away sounds rad)
You probably don’t need 100 years bunker if you prepare only for biocatastrophe, as most pandemics has shorter timing, except AIDS.
Also, it is better not to build anything, but use already existing structures. E.g. there are coal mines in Spitzbergen which could be used for underground storages.
What about using remote islands as bio-bunkers? Some of them are not reachable by aviation (no airfield), so seems to be better protected. But they have science stations already populated. Example is Kerguelen islands. The main risk here is bird flu delivered by birds or some stray ship.
Remote islands are probably harder to access via aviation, but probably less geologically stable (I’d worry about things like weathering, etc). Additionally this is probably going to dramatically increase costs to build.
It’s probably worth considering “aboveground bunker in remote location” (e.g. islands, also antarctica) -- so throw it into the hat with the other considerations.
My guess is that the cheaper costs to move building supplies and construction equipment will favor “middle of nowhere in an otherwise developed country”.
I don’t have fully explored models also for how much a 100 yr bunker needs to be hidden/defensible. This seems worth thinking about.
If I ended up wanting to build one of these on some cheap land somewhere with friends, above-ground might be the way to go.
(The idea in that case would be to have folks we trust take turns staying in it for ~1month or so at a time, which honestly sounds pretty great to me right now. Spending a month just reading and thinking and disconnected while having an excuse to be away sounds rad)
You probably don’t need 100 years bunker if you prepare only for biocatastrophe, as most pandemics has shorter timing, except AIDS.
Also, it is better not to build anything, but use already existing structures. E.g. there are coal mines in Spitzbergen which could be used for underground storages.
That seems worth considering!