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Burkingam:
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--- Quote from: Supai on November 30, 2011, 04:27:01 PM ---Cremation. If there is no corpse, there can't be a zombie either.
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Best choice, why risk having you return from the dead to kill people ?
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I would love to come back after I die!
TwEeD:
My own ideal funeral? A fake one :p
JoonasTo:
--- Quote from: flyawave on December 01, 2011, 11:48:09 AM ---Is it more environmentally friendly to be cremated, or have a responsibly sourced, biodegradable coffin?
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Cremation takes a lot of energy to do properly but after it's done it takes no space. Burying doesn't take any energy besides some bread for the gravedigger but it one needs to be buried somewhere so it takes space. If you're in the western hemisphere where space is not an issue burial is probably better but somewhere like Singapore that'd be doubtful.
Best choice is obviously being fed to the wolves. Aside from your skull(which would make a nice memento for your family) most of you will be eaten and bones will be broken into small pieces. An egologically sound choice but perhaps a little unethical seeing as you'd be teaching the wolves to eat humans which might lead to their demise later.
Soryon:
--- Quote from: AnimeJanai on December 01, 2011, 02:13:13 PM ---It makes you wonder why sinkholes don't appear in funeral parks if a biodegradable coffin were used. When it collapses, the ground above would sink. Also, runoff water from a funeral park goes into the groundwater system. In southern cities, this means peoples' wells will be sucking up funeral water. If you live downslope from where Michael Jackson is buried, perhaps you can suck in some of his former molecules. *ahem*
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I recall watching a documentary a few years ago that talked about eco-friendly burials. This one place they went to just wrapped you in some sort of quickly biodegrading fabric and buried you with with only a stone or small wooden cross as a marker. Out of curiosity, I did a quick Google search about it and there are a handful of other similar options, if you so care to check it out.
Point was that you dont need an actual coffin. I would say you dont even need the fabric but if they choose to do it as a ceremony, family likely doesn't want to see your rotting corpse since these options also tend to omit any embalming process, at least chemically.
Reminds me, another fun alternative would be a funeral pyre. Who doesn't love a good bonfire with food and drinks? Not the most environmentally friendly option with the whole burning aspect, but still.
Ultra_Magnus:
I would imagine "burial" at sea is the most environmentally friendly option if you are into that... You don't take up any land and it doesn't consume fossil fuel.
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