3 ms·
Unlike other waste, we position cemeteries (relatively) close to where people live because they want to visit, so it has a larger impact on people. Not sure wh
by Eridrus 8y ago
Unlike other waste, we position cemeteries (relatively) close to where people live because they want to visit, so it has a larger impact on people.
Not sure why this article shits on cremation though, the greenhouse gases emitted seem truly minor.
- verelo 8y agoAlso construction waste is a debatable one. Sure it's not good stuff, but did you produce it? Or did you just move it? I'm sure, at least....i hope, whatever you replaced it with in the house is better for the occupants than the materials you removed.
- omgtehlion 8y ago> but did you produce it? Well, I paid for it to be produced. If I would not commission this, less paints and other chemicals would be required. Less coal would be burnt to produce cement used to create concrete.
- omgtehlion 8y agoYep, that makes sense. At least garbage is moved far away, so it’s someone else’s problem. Re cremation: I have heard, that to reduce a body to nice ashes takes a lot of heat and requires too much natural gas or whatever they burn in your local crematorium. Bodies do not vurn by themselves, and if you use just enough fuel to set it on fire, you’ll get bad smelling and bad looking coal-like substance covering bones... That alkaline reduction seems ok though.
- Eridrus 8y agoCremation puts 540 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere; the average human breathing puts out 2.3 pounds of CO2, so it's basically the same as breathing for an extra 234 days. Or being an American for ~3 days. We have far larger fish to fry.