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There's an interesting concept I saw a few years back of the mushroom body suit: http://grist.org/living/mushroom-burial-suit-turns-dead-bodies-into-clean-compo
by trowawee 9y ago
There's an interesting concept I saw a few years back of the mushroom body suit: http://grist.org/living/mushroom-burial-suit-turns-dead-bodies-into-clean-compost/ http://grist.org/living/mushroom-burial-suit-turns-dead-bodi.... It's essentially a bag laced with mushroom spores. You put it on an unembalmed body and bury it and the mushrooms use the corpse as fuel. Something like that and a backyard burial is probably the most ecologically friendly way of disposing of a body.
- specialist 9y agoMy body is pretty beat up and should probably be treated as toxic, hazardous, or medical waste (or all three). I don't want to be buried, burned, or donated. I'd prefer something like dipping into molten steel (or lava) like in Terminator 2, for everyone's safety. If fungi can mitigate, neutralize all the bad stuff in my body, I'd be okay with that.
- astura 9y ago(The right kind of) fungi is incredibly good at neutralizing all sorts of bad stuff. There's a great deal of untapped potential in this space. I recommend reading this article in it's entirety: http://discovermagazine.com/2013/julyaug/13-mushrooms-clean-up-oil-spills-nuclear-meltdowns-and-human-health http://discovermagazine.com/2013/julyaug/13-mushrooms-clean-...
- scoggs 9y agoSounds like being jettisoned into space orbit after death is right for you!
- mythrwy 9y agoI was thinking Yucca Mountain.
- ada1981 9y agoI'd very much like to be feedstock for magic mushrooms which my friends and family could use to commune with me.