Posted on 12/03/2014 3:38:58 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
You might take solace in the fact that when you die, your days of polluting the planet are over. But the truth is that the method you choose to dispose of your mortal remains has more of a deleterious impact on the environment than you might think.
Conventional burials contribute to climate change in a number of ways. Although embalming slows the decomposition process, it does not stop it completely.
Cremation is relatively benign compared to conventional burial, thanks in part to the required filtering of emissions done by crematories in the United States. Still, the average cremation uses 28 gallons of fuel to burn a single body, emitting about 540 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Death -- like birth -- is a momentous event, and it deserves rituals that resonate deeply for us as humans. Connecting with the natural cycles as we die or grieve the loss of a loved one helps us heal by reminding us that we are ultimately part of an incredible ecological system.
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/johnny
Jamie: I wish we had time to bury them fellas.
Josey Wales: To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.
I plan on disappearing in The Rapture and avoiding dying altogether.
I’ll be floating around in the atmosphere when my time comes. Light me up with fossil fuel.
So a gallon of gas weighs 6.3 lbs x 28 gal = 176 lbs. I weigh 190, so me and the fuel weigh 366 lbs total. College chemistry was a while ago so how does 366 lbs of "fuel" create 540 lbs of emissions? plus a bunch of heat?
I know someone who did that, against the law.
They did it on the Charles River, Newton, Massachusetts.
So when are you going to off yourself, dude, and cut out your carbon pollution?
It is the least you can do as in Practice What You Preach.
To #9. I’ll make a phone call to NY and that can be arranged.
Then we’ll dig up the SUV, clean it up and sell it but we will leave you in the bottom of the grave as you wished.
To #45. I want to become a VelociRapture when I come back and prey on liberals like this clown. Remember, Raptures (aka Raptors) gotta eat too.
Katrina should probably just crawl in a hole and cover herself up now.
Think of the environmental impact she could shed off by not living past her prime.
“Still, the average cremation uses 28 gallons of fuel to burn a single body, emitting about 540 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.”
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Since 28 gallons of fuel PLUS an average human body don’t add up to 540 pounds I have a hard time understanding how the cremation can emit 540 pounds of co2.
After the family gets a proper death certificate, they are instructed to borrow or rent a digger thingie, plop me in the hole and fill. It has to be deep enough so the wolves do not dig me up. Ew... Nana being strewn around the property is not something I want inflicted on the family. Deeply under one of my garden beds would be best- worms are great for the garden. “Planting” without any additives on one’s property is legal in Idaho.
I like the idea of cremation Viking-style, though that would negate using the flames for a good BBQ. “I” may not be a good smoke-flavor, though... laughing...
I am not one for the ceremony. Wakes are common in the family after cremation. Cemetarys a waste of good real estate.
Guaranteed that, upon death, one stops caring one way or the other about the climate (unless, of course, that one ends up in the HOT ZONE)...
It’s funny hearing people that live unnatural lifestyles talking all about things natural. It’s like hearing about people that create things like obamacare while talking all the time about sustainability.
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