On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 5:25 AM, lukhman_khan<lukhman_k...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> IMHO we should discourage all forms of cremation simply due to the > energy(fuel) wasted in converting what is essentially bio-degradable waste > into pollutants which harm the environment. (rivers included) >> The USP of cremation is that it dos not require the >>reservation of real eastate for your rotten remains >>for years after you are dead. > OTOH we could invent some shredder which converts it all into some sort of > mincemeat which can be safely converted into fertilizer or something. One standard procedure for burial is to wait until the body decomposes then remove the bones to a crypt. Saves space, and cremation doesn't reduce the bones much anyway so you have an equivalent disposal method in both cases. Even better would be to efficiently re-use the remains, if nothing else to feed animals. "Sky burial" as practiced by Parsis and some Tibetan Buddhists seems like a fine solution to me. -- Charles
