Council plan to liquefy bodies

STEED · 12-17-17, 08:09 PM

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A council plan to offer an eco-friendly alternative to cremation by liquefying the dead has hit a blockage after water companies refused permission for flushing the remains down the drain.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the west Midlands has approved the installation of a £300,000 “Resomator” for water cremations at its Rowley Regis crematorium.
The process, known as alkaline hydrolysis, uses chemicals, heat, and pressure to dissolve bodies to bone in less than three hours and uses significantly less energy than cremation.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/cr...-a8115321.html

I can't help feel holding a glass of water and think who am i drinking today comes to mind.

Skybird · 12-17-17, 09:04 PM

"less energy". Yeah, what else could this be about.

Many people having the time to think out such things have too little existential fights for own survivial to care for.

Whats next? Sending surviving family members a bill over the CO2 bilance of the deceased?

Reece · 12-17-17, 09:15 PM

This is just plain "SICK".

August · 12-17-17, 09:29 PM

Dasani!, its people!

Rhodes · 12-18-17, 05:34 AM

Soylent green drink anyone?

Jimbuna · 12-18-17, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhodes

Soylent green drink anyone?

My thoughts too

Skybird · 12-18-17, 03:16 PM

BTW, is soy milk really soy milk?

kilerkg · 12-18-17, 03:32 PM

I don't see the problem with alternatives, I mean it's not that different to cremation in the grand scheme of things but I don't really care what happens to me when I'm gone. I can imagine that the traditional burial costs are astronomical these days though.

Fubar2Niner · 12-18-17, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/cr...-a8115321.html

I can't help feel holding a glass of water and think who am i drinking today comes to mind.

So funeral parlours will soon be charging £15k to liquidize us. Geezus as if they don't rob the grieving enough already! Dying is a money spinner for more than should be allowed

Skybird · 12-18-17, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by kilerkg

I don't see the problem with alternatives, I mean it's not that different to cremation in the grand scheme of things but I don't really care what happens to me when I'm gone. I can imagine that the traditional burial costs are astronomical these days though.

Its not the method that angers people, its the "why" of "why this over that".

STEED · 12-18-17, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Fubar2Niner

So funeral parlours will soon be charging £15k to liquidize us. Geezus as if they don't rob the grieving enough already! Dying is a money spinner for more than should be allowed

Friend of mine had to fork out over £5000! For a standard funeral service, dread to think what it would cost with the trimmings.

Reece · 12-18-17, 07:12 PM

This water tastes funny!!

STEED · 12-18-17, 07:15 PM

Some years from now...

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Originally Posted by Reece

UREEEEEEE, I'm drinking uncle Reece!

Jimbuna · 12-19-17, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Fubar2Niner

So funeral parlours will soon be charging £15k to liquidize us. Geezus as if they don't rob the grieving enough already! Dying is a money spinner for more than should be allowed

Agreed

BrucePartington · 12-19-17, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/cr...-a8115321.html

I can't help feel holding a glass of water and think who am i drinking today comes to mind.

"liquefying the dead"?
I hope I don't live to see the day when they will be fed intravenously to the living.
Sounds crazy? Think of all the absurdities we've witnessed in the world, saw on tv, read in the newspapers lately. In some parts of the world, common sense has been banned altogether, and it seems to be spreading like a highly contagious disease.
And people seem to love it. Ignorance is bliss.

12-17-17, 09:04 PM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,629 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	"less energy". Yeah, what else could this be about. Many people having the time to think out such things have too little existential fights for own survivial to care for. Whats next? Sending surviving family members a bill over the CO2 bilance of the deceased? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

12-17-17, 09:15 PM	#3
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,709 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	This is just plain "SICK". __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

12-17-17, 09:29 PM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dasani!, its people! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,517 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Soylent green drink anyone? __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

12-18-17, 03:16 PM	#7
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,629 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	BTW, is soy milk really soy milk? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

12-18-17, 03:32 PM	#8
kilerkg Mate Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 58 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I don't see the problem with alternatives, I mean it's not that different to cremation in the grand scheme of things but I don't really care what happens to me when I'm gone. I can imagine that the traditional burial costs are astronomical these days though.

12-18-17, 07:12 PM	#12
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,709 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	This water tastes funny!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*