Fear-mongers are still pushing the idea that the world is going to end in 2012 because the Mayans predicted it, which they certainly did not do. If anything, 2012 might be interpreted as predicting a positive new era. Mayans certainly did not predict the end of the world, but that is being sold to people, literally as something to buy. I don’t at all like it when people take advantage of other people by scaring them with baseless claims about Planet X and pole shifts, The End Times, Armageddon, etc. Science is one thing; false claims of predictions are something else entirely. It’s true that the earth might be be in the path of a giant asteroid some day, but if so, living in an underground “city” for a year isn’t going to save people for centuries to come.

It’s possible that a few people could survive in something like this for a year, but a cave might work just as well. This new underground bunker is being sold as something to protect people, mainly the rich, who are the only people who can afford it.

It isn’t built yet and as you can see by this rudimentary video, it’s being planned to look like a big office complex in Second Life. People are already reserving the right to live in these “pods”. This is from the website of the company building these, Vivos.  Supposedly, the entire network of ‘luxury bunkers’ will house 3,400 people,  and is being built by timeshare developer Robert Vicino. There is a long list of what these people are afraid might happen:

The soil of the Earth itself can provide the best shelter for most catastrophes including a pole shift, super volcano eruptions, solar flares, earthquakes, tsunamis, and asteroids, as well as potential for many more manmade devastations such as nuclear bombs, bio terrorism, chemical warfare, and even the return of Planet X (known as Niburu or Nemisis) and the solar disturbances it will cause.

The Vivos complexes will be deep underground, airtight, fully self-contained shelters designed to survive virtually any catastrophe, or threat scenario including natural disasters, a nuclear blast, chemical and biological weapons, or even social anarchy. Each self contained shelter complex will comfortably accommodate a community of 172 – 200 people, in spacious quarters, for up to 1 year of autonomous survival to ride out the potential events.  Every detail has been considered and planned for.  Members need to only arrive before the [...]