[akorahil]

The move is intended to tackle a lack of burial space and environmental concerns as 573lbs of carbon dioxide are released by each cremated corpse.

This doesn't pass the smell/logic test. How did they figure this?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Could also include the CO2 released by the combustion of the natural gas used in cremating.

[goat granny]

Geeze, I wonder how someone that weights only about 150 pounds release over 500 pounds in carbon dioxide

[ichabod1]

They felt the needed to come up with a really big number.

[Still Thinking]

This doesn't pass the smell/logic test. How did they figure this?

That sounded ludicrous to me as well, even if they're including the products of combustion of the fuel gas used in cremation.

OK, did a little research (you can find out ANYTHING online these days). Cremator rated for 200 lbs/hr uses 2600 SCFH of gas, or 42 lb/hr gas, containing 31 lbs Carbon. People are apparently 18% by weight Carbon, so 36 more pounds from the dead guy (or the portion of him that will burn in one hour), giving 67 lbs. Figure 67 lbs of Carbon oxidizes into 245 lb of C02, give or take, and I conclude that those Belgians are either really really fat, or can't do arithmetic.