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R00k
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 01:09 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I thought it was pretty cool at least.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... ortal.html

A town in Sweden is going to start freeze-drying corpses with liquid nitrogen, vibrating them until they shatter into fine powder, then it will be placed "into a small box made of potato or corn starch and placed in a shallow grave, where it will disintegrate within six to 12 months.

People are to be encouraged to plant a tree on the grave. It would feed off the compost formed from the body, to emphasise the organic cycle of life."

That sounds great to me. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. :icon14:
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 01:10 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


being shattered is nice if it's all you can afford.
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 01:14 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Sounds quality, especially with the whole tree thing :D



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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 01:16 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


sounds $
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 01:21 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


ok where's the difference to being burned and planting a tree on the ashes?
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 01:33 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Burning removes all the nutrients from your body, I guess, and can't really be used to fertilize anything. Just doesn't seem as environmentally-friendly.

That's just a guess though, I can't really say for sure.
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 01:38 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


FINALLY AN ALTERNATIVE!!!
Burial is bullshit, and aside from cremation, there's no alternative. You just take up valuable space in the ground when you could be enriching the environment (however insignificant). I hope this comes to America before I die, because I'll be damned if my money goes into a stupid, over-priced coffin.



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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 01:39 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Zyte wrote:
sounds $


Actually I think it might be cheaper.
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 01:47 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


R00k wrote:
Burning removes all the nutrients from your body, I guess, and can't really be used to fertilize anything. Just doesn't seem as environmentally-friendly.

That's just a guess though, I can't really say for sure.


IIRC ashes are a very good fertilizer because they're rich in nitrogen.
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 02:15 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yes, ashes do make fairly good fertilizer, which is one reason your lawn will grow greener if you burn off the old grass.

They already have "natural" burials that you can do, where you're just plopped in the ground. I'd guess this power method reduces space and prevents excessively putrid decomposition. Other than that, I don't know what advantages it would have. Maybe people don't like the thought of having worms eat their dead anus.

I'd be sure to have an apple tree planted on my grave, so people could eat my remains and I could give them gut rot. :icon14:
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 02:31 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I thought just putting people straight into the ground was a health hazard?
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 02:42 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


personally I prefer this to being eaten by maggets and other filthy creatures over e long period of time. its just the idea



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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 03:12 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


R00k wrote:
I thought just putting people straight into the ground was a health hazard?


Probably. I've only heard of it done off in the country, away from towns.
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PostPosted: 09-28-2005 04:02 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Cool, I could be put in the place of a packet of Smash (instant potato) by a grieving relative looking to play a practical joke.

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