[News] A new alternative - dissolved in a bag

[Fungus]

Not for me, I’ve got an oven ready deal sorted for my big exit.

 

[BNthree]

I know there's been extensive tests done etc but the fact the resulting liquid basically just gets flushed down the toilet really weirds me out.

 

[MattBackHome]

Would a burial at sea be the lowest carbon footprint? If so I'm all for that.

 

[Fungus]

Would a burial at sea be the lowest carbon footprint? If so I'm all for that.

Only if you go on a sailboat or get someone to row you out and tip you over.

The concrete shoes would have a carbon footprint, though.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Would a burial at sea be the lowest carbon footprint? If so I'm all for that.

My Dad was buried at sea by the Royal Navy, but even then, the little casket of ashes, had a lead base.

Throwing bodies in the sea, especially those who died of diseases, isn't low carbon, once the fish eat the corpse.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

So if your buried at sea, well your not really buried, more like cast adrift and get pushed around in the current, dragged here there and tither all over the place as fish pull you to bits, after all that where does the tombstone go ?
will there be millions of Bouys in the English channel with pictures of grandad bob on them all fading in the sunlight.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

On the hills around here they leave dead sheep to the hawks, crows and buzzards. Dead easy.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Seeing this beneath the thread about Newcastle fans, I assumed it was about their owner's latest atrocity.

Don't give them ideas

 

[Alonso Moseley]

I foresee this method hijacked as an epic scene in a forthcoming Bond film

 

[banjo]

I’d prefer to be medium rare than boiled in a bag.

 

[MattBackHome]

My Dad was buried at sea by the Royal Navy, but even then, the little casket of ashes, had a lead base.

Throwing bodies in the sea, especially those who died of diseases, isn't low carbon, once the fish eat the corpse.

Assuming one could avoid using the lead base these days, surely the fish eating your body bit of it is literally zero carbon? Or am I missing something obvious here?

 

[US Seagull]

This YouTube channel has a lot of interesting videos about different funeral practices:

Alkaline hydrolysis is covered around 10 minutes in:



And there is more discussion here about the difficulties of getting it approved in the states.

 

[Russconha]

I'm old enough to remember when just being stuck in the ground was good for the environment.

 

[MattBackHome]

I'm old enough to remember when just being stuck in the ground was good for the environment.

Alright calm down, Meldrew.

Anyway I've decided I'm doing this now. Well not now.

HUMAN COMPOSTING

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Assuming one could avoid using the lead base these days, surely the fish eating your body bit of it is literally zero carbon? Or am I missing something obvious here?

Dying of a disease and the fish eat you? I suppose fish and chips would be out of the question in the future.

 

[WhingForPresident]

 

[jackanada]

We seem to be very restricted in our choice of body disposal by an often hypothetical risk of spreading disease.
I'd be quite happy with a sky burial if the coroner pronounced me a healthy corpse.
Failing which anyone dying in November could reduce the carbon footprint of their cremation by being thrown on one of the many otherwise underemployed bonfires.

 

[Anger]

Sounds a bit chemically to me.

I’d prefer to be fed to ‘gators.

You would? Tell me more…

 

[Scappa]

If you're interested, you can read more about it here: https://resomation.com/

The challenge the proponents face in the UK is two-fold: selling the concept to the public (cost is definitely a factor here), and persuading the water companies that what will end up going in the water course is essentially harmless (eg no dna). Will be interesting to see how it progresses ...

Considering what the water companies pump out with apparent impunity any time it rains, I'm not sure they would be too bothered. And the EA is massively underfunded, not too many questions will be asked - especially if there's a sizeable profit in it for someone.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

the Americans appear to have invented an imploding capsule that does five at a time - you don’t even have to die to qualify.