Green (gross?) cremation method produces liquid fertilizer
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Posted By KW - Thu, Jan 14 2010 at 9:41 AM ESTPerfect for Medical School Cadavers
Resomation is an eco-friendly way to dispose of human remains. The Mayo Clinic and University of Florida use this technique to dispose of cadaver remains after dissection by medical students, which hopefully will become a universal practice at some point. I am a whole body donor to a medical school, and the idea that my leftovers could ultimately be transformed into fertilizer for farms and gardens is life affirming -- something I would definitely prefer.
Posted By Husch Fertilizer - Tue, Dec 22 2009 at 7:53 AM ESTOrganic Fertilizer
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Posted By Husch Fertilizer - Mon, Dec 21 2009 at 11:47 PM ESTOrganic Fertilizer
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Posted By MatthewSforcina - Mon, Dec 14 2009 at 7:44 PM ESTOh I can't wait for the day I am planted underneath a tree as fe
Really..
When do we start?
Posted By Anonymous - Sun, Dec 13 2009 at 9:21 PM ESTeco-friendly auschwitz anyone?
Climate control being linked to population control at the copenhagen summit ..."UN report projected that if the global population would remain 8 billion by the year 2050 instead of a little more than 9 billion according to medium-growth scenario, "it might result in 1 billion to 2 billion fewer tons of carbon emissions"
Posted By jefrois - Sun, Dec 13 2009 at 8:49 AM ESTConspiracy Theory!
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Posted By dak - Sat, Dec 12 2009 at 8:38 AM ESTIt's all about the money
Let's just ask ourselves a few questions. Who will profit from using people as fertilizer? Well I can tell you this much, it would make fortunes for the large agri-businesses like Monsanto and others. The very same ones who have gained so much control over our food, and have been involved in genetically altering our food. With socialized health care in the works and the death panels being written in, of course it is not called as such, do you honestly think that there will be no payoffs. Just.... More
Posted By Amber - Fri, Dec 11 2009 at 9:53 AM ESTEfficient
I see no problem with giving back to Earth after I'm gone. This is a process that is nearly identical to cremation (as far as the family can see). The family, or whomever, is still given back the ashes to bury or disperse, and the liquid is used for fertilizer. It also uses less energy than cremation. So, no, I don't think this is diminishing the value of human life at all. In fact, it allows the human life to keep on giving after it's gone.
Bravo!
Posted By Ula - Fri, Dec 11 2009 at 2:04 AM ESTthis is sick
I can't believe the 'positive' comments from most of you people. This is absolutely disgusting and abhorrent. Whatever happened to human sacredness whether alive or dead? You are so happy diminishing human life to nothing more than that of bacteria and a carbon emitter and you don't even realize what kind of future you are cheering for. It makes me very sad that truly ignorant slogan shouters and greenies are helping the slow eugenic elimination of most people of this earth.
Posted By Terry - Fri, Dec 11 2009 at 12:58 PM ESTSoylent Green
At least you still you have a brain here. I wish those who feel the earth is overpopulated would lead by example.
Posted By Urza9814 - Fri, Dec 11 2009 at 12:06 PM ESTHUUUGE ego
Wow, how big is your ego? I mean seriously. Why do you care what happens after you die? You're _DEAD_! You're not coming back. It doesn't matter. I mean sure, if it means that much to have your parents or whoever is close to you buried with a gravestone, fine. That's your decision to make - they sure as hell don't care anymore. But personally I don't see the point. The body's gonna decompose anyway.
I mean I'm no eco-nut, but why waste perfectly good land for masses of graveyards?.... More
Posted By Brenda - Wed, Jan 20 2010 at 2:26 PM ESTOk Fine but...
These things have a tendency to be owned somehow by the big Coporation's and what would that give them incentive to do? The incentive would be to insure they always had a supply of the elements that would make their fertilizer right? Hmmm, could that possibly lead them to make sure enough people die so that they always have the supply they need to make their products? With options to participate in this.. I would definitely opt out!
Posted By ula - Sat, Dec 12 2009 at 1:50 AM ESTNOT ABOUT EGO
It has nothing to do with ego, and, of course, the body decomposes, that is not the point. It's about setting precedent by dehumanizing once living, conscious, sentient beings and opens the floodgates for more abhorrent practices. Ex: some cosmetic companies use aborted fetal tissue in their products because they 'rejuvenate' the skin, the 'Bodies' exhibitions puts murdered Chinese prisoners on display for 'science'...get my point?
Posted By Sentient being - Fri, Dec 11 2009 at 9:39 AM ESTCouldn't agree more
Yes whatever became of the sanctity of the human form? Years of Darwinian indoctrination by the educational systems has implanted the idea that human life is not that important when compared to "saving" the Earth. Man made global warming is a hoax and this new religion of Climate Change will only benefit the global elite.
Posted By Nick - Fri, Dec 11 2009 at 4:40 PM ESTIgnorant dumb ***
Sanctity for the human form? I've never quite heard it said that way. Usually people talk about the sanctity of human "life". We still have that. This is no different than cremation. You are getting all worked up over what basically boils down to a semantic difference.
I'm not really sure what "Darwinian indoctrination" is. Are you referring to the teaching of the theory of evolution in our public schools? We also teach our children about the theory of gravity, but I doubt that you.... More
Posted By ula - Sat, Dec 12 2009 at 1:39 AM ESTdarwinian indoctrination
If you actually did the research, you would be surprised how many legitimate dissenting scientists are out there who do not agree with Darwin's theory of evolution. And I am not thinking of the next boxed response of 'creationism' so please don't point me as such. It is Darwinian indoctrination because although it is still a THEORY it is basically taught as FACT from grammar school all the way up. Any dissenting scientist who reveals or tries to discuss the holes found in Darwin's theory is.... More
Posted By ula - Fri, Dec 11 2009 at 10:38 PM ESTclimate gate scandal?
Did you hear of the latest climate gate scandal? You should look it up. It turns out that the data the whole UN IPCC report was based on was completely fudged. You can find emails from top 'global warming' researchers' where they state how temperature facts need to be changed when they don't fit the global warming scenario. You see, the world is not warming first of all; and even if it was, the earth goes through warming and cooling cycles and many times in the past (ex. medieval warming.... More
Posted By Jay Shuler - Thu, Dec 10 2009 at 3:32 PM ESTWhat already happens
Basically, this is the same as if you buried the body and let nature take its course, only faster. I don't see why anyone should object, other than to the additional energy that it consumes vs. simple burial. What is stupid is spending a lot of money injecting toxic preservatives into a dead body that you then bury in a tin can. What's the point? Are you planning to exhume the body and bring it back to life some time in the future? BTW, this is an idea discussed by Robert Heinlein in "The.... More
Posted By Jody Delaplane - Wed, Dec 09 2009 at 11:15 AM ESTGenius!
I have often thought of what I would like to happen to me when I die and this is definitley the best choice yet! I am so excited about this idea and would love to die knowing my body was going into the earth to create new, healthier life. I just hope it's not insanely expensive...
Posted By FContos - Wed, Dec 09 2009 at 6:42 AM ESTWhat energy cost for the heating?
I just wonder what kind of energy requirement this process has. The outcome is someone's personal choice, if that's what they feel is 'right' and 'green' - but just how GREEN can heating a sealed vault to reduce a human body to that kind of waste be?
Already these questions are asked of desalination processes where water is heated to a certain temperature to assist the process. How hot (and how much energy) would go into this?
Posted By Nick - Fri, Dec 11 2009 at 5:33 PM ESTRoughly 500,000-600,000 BTUs? Maybe...
Well the article says that the vat is 'steam heated to 300 degrees' and that the result is '200 gallons of fluid' To simplify things we will assume that the starting temperature of the mixture is 40 degrees, and since humans are mostly water we will use it's know properties to calculate.
it takes one BTU to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit. one gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds so it takes 8.34 BTU to raise the temperature of one gallon of water one degree Fahrenheit. .... More
Posted By Carlos - Wed, Dec 09 2009 at 12:07 AM ESTWhy not?
Using lots of space for tumbs and cemeterys is worse than this solution... and you will not allow worms to feed on your dad!!
Posted By David - Tue, Dec 08 2009 at 9:37 PM ESTVery gross?
"If you think about it", this isn't disgusting at all. A human body is just a particular arrangement of organic compounds. If you break them apart, it ceases to be a human body...and it's certainly more sanitary than using animal faeces as fertilizer!
Posted By mslomski - Tue, Dec 08 2009 at 9:55 PM ESTNot gross at all
I can see why people have a problem with the thought that they are using human remains as fertilizer, but its going to come to a point when we are going to NEED to do this. I totally agree with you, although living things have thoughts, emotions, etc., all living things are just made up of the same things as the soil (rocks, air, everything for that matter) that you are adding the fertilizer to!
Posted By Marty Fisher - Tue, Dec 08 2009 at 7:39 PM ESTBetter than inhaling your dead relatives
Cremation puts harmful toxins that you breathe into the air. How many people scatter ashes that end up in the ocean, or on someones lawn anyway. Think, people. I'd use corpse juice from my parents on my lawn. At least it would justify the cost of the process, and make my lawn better. Sign me up!
Posted By Steven Gilson - Thu, Dec 31 2009 at 3:54 AM ESTExcellent idea
Couldn't have said it better myself, i was considering creamation and being scattered over my lawn anyway but this idea sounds better to me SIGN ME UP TOO.
Posted By foo - Tue, Dec 08 2009 at 7:34 PM ESTuse em in the cemeteries
how bout just use them as fertilizer for the cemeteries...i mean there is nothing but dead people there already...
Posted By ian - Tue, Dec 08 2009 at 7:25 PM EST.
It wouldn't be that bad to become fertilizer for some flowers.
Posted By Sandy McCollum - Tue, Dec 08 2009 at 7:19 PM ESTIt's Gross, But Do-able!
It's really a grotesque thought, and I wouldn't put it on my veggie gardens. But, I guess all the ground to bury ppl in is getting used up.
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