title: EC2 - taking an EBS snapshot, saving to S3, and then launching instances from S3
body: <p>I like the convenience of taking an AMI snapshot - but ideally I do no want to pay for the volume to be attached to my running instance. </p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to save a snapshot instance to S3 and then launch from S3 without attaching a volume to the running instance - gaining the convenience of snapshots - without the running costs?</p>