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Norway has finally opened its door of the "Doomsday Vault" to the public. Actually its a doomsday seed vault. Supposedly resistant to any kind of major disaster, manmade or otherwise, this vault is 425 feet deep in an arctic mountain just 1,000 miles shy of the North Pole.

This project cost the Global Crop Diversity Trust (a U.N. machine) $9.1 Million dollars (US) and took almost a year to build.
It has all the appropriate accommodations. Heat, air, water filtration systems, power and so on. Sounds like a nice place to live after Michael Bay's asteroid finally hits us right? Wrong!
The facility is meant to preserve the planets plant life for our great-great-great grandchildren. "It is the Noah's Ark for securing biological diversity for future generations," said Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

Well I think that’s just spiffy! When Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis officially fail their mission on Dotti (in real life, not the movie) we will all sleep soundly knowing that there are plenty of seeds to start growing our crops again.

Okay okay, so it is a good idea is some ways. "Crop diversity will soon prove to be our most potent and indispensable resource for addressing climate change, water and energy supply constraints, and for meeting the food needs of a growing population," said Cary Fowler, head of the Global Crop Diversity Trust.

That's great. However, they made this structure to resist earthquakes, nuclear disasters and worse. When I read between the lines, I get the impression that this vault is meant for more horrendous circumstances than global warming. So what about the most important life form on the planet? Where and what is the safety net for humanity pending a global catastrophe?