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Why not just liquify bodies with chemicals and then flush them down the drain?

by nsxwolf 11y ago

outworlder 11y ago
Down the drain? As in, the city's waste treatment plant? I for one don't want to drink liquefied brains.
- smileysteve 11y ago
  ... Where do you think fish biodegrade to? Eventually bodies make it to the ground, which then eventually make it to the air...
  - kweinber 11y ago
    "Where do you think fish biodegrade to?" Soylent 1.5, that was just before they switched to algal oil. I wonder what Soylent 3.0 will be made of?
- PhasmaFelis 11y ago
  Is that worse than drinking liquefied shit? Because that's also going into the waste treatment plant, and in far larger quantities than even large-scale corpse disposal would produce. Every molecule of H20 you've every drunk has been part of a disgusting biological process at some point. But homeopathy isn't real; the water doesn't remember.
  - nokcha 11y ago
    >Is that worse than drinking liquefied shit? Yes, or more precisely, wastewater treatment plants can neutralize most fecal-borne pathogens, but they are unable to neutralize prions, the infectious agent behind transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). In fact, in some cases, prions even remained infectious after incineration at 600°C [1]. [1] Brown, Paul, et al. "New studies on the heat resistance of hamster-adapted scrapie agent: threshold survival after ashing at 600°C suggests an inorganic template of replication." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97.7 (2000): 3418-3421. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edward_Rau/publication/12598598_New_studies_on_the_heat_resistance_of_hamster-adapted_scrapie_agent_Threshold_survival_after_ashing_at_600C_suggests_an_inorganic_template_of_replication/links/54597bf50cf2cf516483d241.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edward_Rau/publication/...
sithadmin 11y ago
Why not liquify them and turn them into biofuel? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization
vacri 11y ago
"chemicals" also take energy to create, and you still have to deal with the environmental effects of the waste products from the process.
- nsxwolf 11y ago
  How about composting?
WalterBright 11y ago
Why has nobody mentioned making soylent green yet? :)
- zanny 11y ago
  Of course the creator of D wants to eat liquefied dead people. Hey, you're way smarter than me, so if you are on board with the idea I'll give it a go! Lets eat our dead! xD

Why not just liquify bodies with chemicals and then flush them down the drain?

by nsxwolf 11y ago

Why not just liquify bodies with chemicals and then flush them down the drain?

outworlder 11y ago

Down the drain? As in, the city's waste treatment plant? I for one don't want to drink liquefied brains.

smileysteve 11y ago
... Where do you think fish biodegrade to? Eventually bodies make it to the ground, which then eventually make it to the air...
- kweinber 11y ago
  "Where do you think fish biodegrade to?" Soylent 1.5, that was just before they switched to algal oil. I wonder what Soylent 3.0 will be made of?
PhasmaFelis 11y ago
Is that worse than drinking liquefied shit? Because that's also going into the waste treatment plant, and in far larger quantities than even large-scale corpse disposal would produce. Every molecule of H20 you've every drunk has been part of a disgusting biological process at some point. But homeopathy isn't real; the water doesn't remember.
- nokcha 11y ago
  >Is that worse than drinking liquefied shit? Yes, or more precisely, wastewater treatment plants can neutralize most fecal-borne pathogens, but they are unable to neutralize prions, the infectious agent behind transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). In fact, in some cases, prions even remained infectious after incineration at 600°C [1]. [1] Brown, Paul, et al. "New studies on the heat resistance of hamster-adapted scrapie agent: threshold survival after ashing at 600°C suggests an inorganic template of replication." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97.7 (2000): 3418-3421. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edward_Rau/publication/12598598_New_studies_on_the_heat_resistance_of_hamster-adapted_scrapie_agent_Threshold_survival_after_ashing_at_600C_suggests_an_inorganic_template_of_replication/links/54597bf50cf2cf516483d241.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edward_Rau/publication/...

sithadmin 11y ago

Why not liquify them and turn them into biofuel? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization

vacri 11y ago

"chemicals" also take energy to create, and you still have to deal with the environmental effects of the waste products from the process.

nsxwolf 11y ago
How about composting?

WalterBright 11y ago

Why has nobody mentioned making soylent green yet? :)

zanny 11y ago
Of course the creator of D wants to eat liquefied dead people. Hey, you're way smarter than me, so if you are on board with the idea I'll give it a go! Lets eat our dead! xD