Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of pollutants

Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by creep on Sunday November 04, 2018 @10:49AM (#18376390)

That would be hard to measure, but I'm sure if we all started cremating our dead the environmental cost would go up significantly. I found a list [1] of cremation rate by country. For quite a few countries, the majority of people cremate their dead (religious reasons, usually), but there's still a minority elsewhere.

I think the freezing and shaking method sounds pretty good in terms of environmental cost.

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_cremation...

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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by Udik on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:04PM (#18377141)

> freezing and shaking method sounds pretty good in terms of environmental cost.

Freeze dried? I'd be glad to have an instant version of myself- two teaspoons in hot water, stir, and you can chat with your dead uncle for an hour or so. That is, until the jar is empty.

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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by folli on Sunday November 04, 2018 @11:57AM (#18376766)

Why would the environmental cost of cremation be higher than of burying? The required land for a cemetery alone has a huge environmental cost.

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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by creep on Sunday November 04, 2018 @12:33PM (#18376968)

I said it was hard to measure, not that the cost is greater. I don't know if it is or isn't.

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