“I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime” -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
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This about the seventh time for this question.
Was it the exact same question?
.ashes to ashes for me, donate what they want, then use the rest for science then burn whats left.
Think Soylent Green!
Just in case you don't know Soylent Green
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Buried because of Neil deGrasse's Tyson's reasoning that your energy is lost to heat when cremated. While burials allow your body to decompose and return to the earth for the use of bacteria, earthworms and plants. Eventually they get eaten by bigger animals or die to fertilise bigger plants - which eventually get eaten by humans. When I die, other people effectively eat me.
But I'd like to see an industry around burials at sea. I don't know the logistics or what effects thousands of dead bodies would be on the ocean. But I'm ok with allowing marine creatures to consume me - as quickly as possible. I got this idea after watching one of the "Ask a Mortician" (Caitlin Doughty) YouTube video. She never suggested this, by the way. It was only something that popped into my head. Here she is talking about her preference for natural burials (buried naked or in a shroud in a hole) over traditional burials (embalmed in a casket):
Caitlin Doughty's main schtick is to "demystify" death and dying - to transform it from something we're afraid of into something that's part of our day-to-day lives. It's a good YouTube channel - very informational and interesting. And not at all morbid. Or just a bit. She doesn't shy away from confronting topics like: "will pets eat you when you die aroud them".
Cremated, and a party for my friends and family afterward. No religious service.
Need 4th option-other. If I am single I want to be buried in my backyard. My family has a family plot but it is in a Jewish cemetary and I had a dysfunctional relationship with my family and don't want to be near them. If I have a significant other would want to be buried with him.
Is it legal to be buried in the backyard?
don't know-state regulated. I wouldn't advertise it-lol
Could I be eaten by wolves please?