Eco-cremation

[MillCreek]

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2011/10/10/us/life-us-usa-cremation.html?hp

I cannot recall if we have discussed this already. An alternative to the classic gas-fired cremation.  This process essentially uses a heated lye solution in a pressure cooker to chemically dissolve the body.  Bones and ash are put into an urn, and the liquid is disposed of in the waste water system.

I have also read that some jurisdictions across the country are forbidding this process at the behest of local funeral directors. The reasons given are concerns over biological and chemical safety.

[Tallpine]

I'd still like an old-fashioned wood fueled outdoor pyre 

[Fly320s]

I'm going for being cremated, having my ashes pressed into a diamond, then shoved up a politician's ass... just to return the pain.

[cambeul41]

A whole bunch of years ago, I read a Readers' Digest article about a method of speed composting bodies into a usable soil nutrient. That sound good to me.

[Regolith]

I'd still like an old-fashioned wood fueled outdoor pyre 

Or a Viking funeral...

[Perd Hapley]

Put me down for a good old-fashined suttee.   

[Scout26]

Am I the only one who agrees with George Carlin ??


Detcord !!!!



I want to be blown up !!!!

[Perd Hapley]

Am I the only one who agrees with George Carlin ??


Detcord !!!!



I want to be blown up !!!!

Perhaps not:
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1064858

[AJ Dual]

Oh, that...

I'm already signed up for this type of funeral service. The resulting slurry is to be put into balloons, and my heirs must hurl them at my enemies, or they're out of the will.

[Northwoods]

My FIL claims he he'll just go out in the woods when it's his time and let the bears/cougars/coyotes eat his carcass. 

Personally, I'd prefer to be buried.  But I haven't formed enough of an attachement to any one place to know where I'd want to feed the worms.  In the shorter term if I get hit by the beer truck I'll probably just be cremated and then scattered around my favorite hunting and fishing spots and in New Zealand.

[MrsSmith]

I'd still like an old-fashioned wood fueled outdoor pyre 

This. If detcord is desired to get the party started, that's good. I'm dead, y'all just have fun. Then head out to sea and when you're out of sight of land, scatter me. And toss a shot of whiskey off the stern in my name.

[wmenorr67]

I'm going for being cremated, having my ashes pressed into a diamond, then shoved up a politician's ass... just to return the pain.

As tight as some of those asses might be just shove the ash up there and they will *expletive deleted*it the diamond.

[Tallpine]

Now when I die take my saddle from the wall
Put it on my pony, lead him out of his stall
Tie my bones to his back, turn our faces towards the west
And we'll ride the prairie that we love the best

[KD5NRH]

I want to be dipped in liquid nitrogen and shattered.

Theoretically, it should be a fairly simple matter to grind up a frozen body to at least a sand-like consistency, dehydrate the resulting goo, and have a small enough mass to fit in a normal-size urn.  Or, for that matter, mix it up with resin or cement and make some tribute to the deceased, coating it with polycarbonate if desired for sanitary reasons.

The liquid nitrogen method would have the advantage of being reusable, with the only waste being vented harmlessly to the atmosphere.

[AJ Dual]

Hmmm...

That guy in Germany who invented the plastination process, it would be pretty cool to have my skin removed, and then leave my skinless plastinated body posed in some sort of aggressive stance to scare the bejezus out of people, like those people who came back from the dead without skin in the Hellraiser movies.

Then, have a nice leather couch nearby for the person to sit down on, except that's made with my hide. And they get told that after they've sat there for a few minutes to freak them out all over again.

Mrs. Dual would never allow it though. 

However, when my grandparent's ashes were interned in a crypt last week, I had the idea that a week before I die, I'm going to get my name legally changed to "Electrical Access Panel" so they HAVE to carve that on the cover stone.

Then maybe if I'm lucky, a hundred years in the future, if the cemetary and mausoleum is still standing, some poor electrician will open it up. 

[never_retreat]

Wouldn't dropping the bodies into an active volcano be the most green?

[Gowen]

Am I the only one who agrees with George Carlin ??


Detcord !!!!



I want to be blown up !!!!

I seem to remember something about a whale and it did not turn out as expected.

[KD5NRH]

However, when my grandparent's ashes were interned in a crypt last week, I had the idea that a week before I die, I'm going to get my name legally changed to "Electrical Access Panel" so they HAVE to carve that on the cover stone.

I want to do something that will warrant some memorial plaques in various buildings, then change my name to "In Caseof Fire."

Or maybe "Democrat Emergency Exit" if I can ensure that the plaques will be near the roof doors.

[280plus]

"Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred,
Tan me hide when I'm dead.
So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde,
and that's it hanging on the shed."

 

[MechAg94]

No one has mentioned a wood chipper yet. 

I figured the most environmentally friendly ways would be:  1) buried, 2) take your body to the desert and let it dry out and bleach the bones, 3) compost. 

As for the dissolving, it says to dump the waste into the waste water system.  What sort of cost that add to cleaning up our waste water?  Wouldn't that just contribute to polluting our rivers and oceans?

[MrsSmith]

That was my first thought too, Mech - most waste water goes into rivers and creeks and as a boater, I'd rather not see that.

I do kind of like KD5's theory on liquid nitrogen though. That would be really cool! Just shatter me!

[freakazoid]

However, when my grandparent's ashes were interned in a crypt last week, I had the idea that a week before I die, I'm going to get my name legally changed to "Electrical Access Panel" so they HAVE to carve that on the cover stone.

Then maybe if I'm lucky, a hundred years in the future, if the cemetary and mausoleum is still standing, some poor electrician will open it up.  laugh

Win!

I remember in a different thread a long time ago someone mentioned being cremated and then having there ash mixed in with gun powder and having that used to make a bunch of rounds and then being shot.

I do kind of like KD5's theory on liquid nitrogen though.

Made me think of this. 

[MechAg94]

That was my first thought too, Mech - most waste water goes into rivers and creeks and as a boater, I'd rather not see that.

I do kind of like KD5's theory on liquid nitrogen though. That would be really cool! Just shatter me!

Yeah, but the Liquid N2 would end up the same as the Wood Chipper once it thaws.  Plus, you would need to soak it in Liquid N2 for a while to really freeze the body to the core. 

[BlueStarLizzard]

Put me down for a good old-fashined suttee.   

This makes me wonder if you actually know what a suttee is?

 

On the other hand, your husband will be so honored....'

[AJ Dual]

This makes me wonder if you actually know what a suttee is?

 

On the other hand, your husband will be so honored....'

I think the American version is completely accidental. The widow, trying to drown her sorrows, gets such a high BAC percentage, she becomes extremely flammable.