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Belgium considers proposals to dissolve bodies and flush them into sewage systems
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 07/09/2010 | ALLAN HALL

Posted on 07/09/2010 10:41:14 AM PDT by massmike

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To: massmike

The white ash can then be returned to the next of kin of the deceased.....as an edible pill.

Grandma: Not just for (cooking) breakfast anymore.


21 posted on 07/09/2010 11:10:36 AM PDT by Nickname
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To: Myrddin
How does a corpse result in 573 lbs of carbon dioxide? The average body is 55% water, 19% fat, 19% protein. The rest is "ash", calcium and phosphorous. The carbon containing fraction is the fat/protein at 36%.

Guess what? The bodies don't spontaneously combust! Nor are they especially flammable. Rather, the crematoria have to expend a lot of carbon-rich fuel to burn up the bodies. The resultant carbon dioxide is then released into the atmosphere.

Regards,

22 posted on 07/09/2010 11:20:36 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: a fool in paradise
They can reclaim the real estate and use it for green farming. That is, if no one will be offended.

Well, Belgium isn't exactly known for its wealth of old Indian burial grounds.

Poltergeist, anyone?

Regards,

23 posted on 07/09/2010 11:22:50 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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This is just creepy to me. Flushed, for one, disrespectful, and second, the chemicals, in our water systems. Does anyone else see a potential problem on the horizon here? Don’t we already have tons of things like birth control pills, pesticides, hormones, etc... going down there already and causing problems? We CANNOT live without water, and there is only so much of it, we don’t need to pollute it more. It’s just a bad idea, I think.


24 posted on 07/09/2010 11:24:27 AM PDT by ThePatrioticArtist
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To: alexander_busek

Maybe so, but not 573 lbs.


25 posted on 07/09/2010 11:25:27 AM PDT by John D
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To: massmike

Soylent Green?


26 posted on 07/09/2010 11:27:32 AM PDT by SF_Redux
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To: alexander_busek
I have a question about the precision of that "573" pounds. There is quite a bit more variation in bodies than will justify three significant digits.

And before anybody takes a cheap shot at me for nitpicking, ask yourself first how long civilization will survive if nobody, literally nobody, thinks of such things.

It'll be back to the plow for all of ya.

27 posted on 07/09/2010 11:35:20 AM PDT by thulldud (Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
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To: massmike

my momma didn’t raise me to be no ChemLawn


28 posted on 07/09/2010 11:43:12 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: massmike

This is just wrong on so many levels.


29 posted on 07/09/2010 12:00:41 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Comrade O has to go; FIRE THE SHIFTLESS KENYAN NOW !!!)
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To: massmike

Do these morons have any clue how much energy is consumed manufacturing the Potassium Hydroxide (or Sodium Hydroxide) that they are planning to use?


30 posted on 07/09/2010 12:05:26 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Comrade O has to go; FIRE THE SHIFTLESS KENYAN NOW !!!)
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To: massmike

When the nit wit in the White House jumps on board with this, we’ll just call it ZERO WATER.


31 posted on 07/09/2010 12:34:23 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: John D
Maybe so, but not 573 lbs.

Carbon has a molecular weight of 12 grams. O2 has a molecular weight of 32 grams. Carbon dioxide thus has a molecular weight of 44 grams (12 g of C + 32 g of O2 = 44 g). 573 lbs (260 kg) of CO2 is thus equivalent to 5906 mols (260 kg / 0.044 kg). 70.9 kg of carbon (12 g/mol * 5906 mol) and 189 kg of O2 (32 g/mol *5906 mol) combine to form 260 kg of CO2.

We can thus conclude that the Belgian estimate is based upon the assumption that, during the cremation process, roughly 70.9 kg of carbon goes up in flames. The body of a 100-kg man (like myself) contains approx. 18 kg of carbon. So we must assume that roughly 53 kg of carbon from other sources, including the deceased person's burial clothing, cerements (grave-clothes and shroud), the wooden coffin - but also supplemental fuel to initiate combustion and to keep the fires stoked - are likewise consumed in the process.

In short, about only about one-quarter of the carbon dioxide emissions can be attributed directly to the human body, and the remaining three-quarters from "other sources."

In view of these considerations, it thus appears that the Belgian estimate is actually a rather conservative figure!

Regards,

32 posted on 07/09/2010 12:56:10 PM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: massmike

Can’t believe I’m first with this:

“Crappy idea..”


33 posted on 07/09/2010 1:16:01 PM PDT by Nabber
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To: massmike
This is simply another move to degrade respect for human life.

Nothing more.

They are cloaking this in green weenie terms to make it more palatable for the average idiot to consume, but this is meant to desensitize, period.

34 posted on 07/09/2010 2:12:09 PM PDT by JOAT
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To: thulldud
There is quite a bit more variation in bodies than will justify three significant digits.

I think they barbecue all ten of 'em. Could be wrong.

35 posted on 07/09/2010 2:22:34 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: RedRedRose

Some sewage gets cleaned and recirculated as water to use...any one have a problem with taking a shower using grandma to lather up and wash up with...


36 posted on 07/09/2010 3:05:17 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: akorahil

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


37 posted on 07/09/2010 3:08:29 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: massmike

An example of the truly absurd limits that idiots are willing to take an absurd agenda - CO2.


38 posted on 07/09/2010 3:39:15 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: massmike

Wow this just gave some criminals ideas.


39 posted on 07/09/2010 3:51:35 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Three things you don't discuss in public; politics, religion, and choice of caliber.)
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To: akorahil

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


40 posted on 07/09/2010 5:02:38 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Hitler Was Their Fate and their Fate Could Not Be Stayed. Von Braustitch.)
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