Posted on 01/07/2008 7:30:55 PM PST by forkinsocket
Heat created by burning the dead at crematoria could be used to keep mourners warm under plans to make funerals more environmentally-friendly.
Instead of letting the gases emitted by cremation escape into the atmosphere, councils want to use them to heat radiators or even generate electricity.
They admit some might find the idea of being kept warm by the remains of their loved-ones macabre.
But there are thought to be no religious objections, and ever-tighter controls on pollution mean such systems could become commonplace.
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Agreed.
One of the reasons I want to be cremated, one last giant stomp of a carbon footprint! My lady and I went to an open-casket viewing of the young (late 40's) wife of one of her company's executives, I hadn't been to such a thing for a younger person in quite a few years. I told her, no such thing for me, please, I want an urn and a keg, just make sure it's good beer, and not Coors Light!
Haha, I was thinking along those lines as well.
And Earth First! branded soap...
OMG, they want you to continue to work after you are dead.
Overheard at a future funeral home...:
“It’s really cold in here.”
“Well, Uncle Joe was always a cold SOB...”
You could also have your smoke circulated through the chapel so your mourners could purify the CO2 and retain your soot in their lungs so they would not need closure.
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