Florida Funeral Home First to Debut Alternative to Cremation: Liquefaction

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Okay that's just creepy.

okey... lets live forever to avoid this... Oo""

bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^

while the liquefaction is no different, in my mind, than cremation, I find the being dumped in the sewer system portion to be very disrespectful.

why learn from your own mistakes, when you could learn from the mistakes of others?

I'm all for alternative methods of handling the deceased that consume less energy and are more environmentally friendly than cremation. I'm curious as to why the resulting solution is dumped into the sewage system rather than given to the family or something. Still, interesting concept.

"Here is a bag of 'ash' and a 30 gallon barrel of your uncle Joe. Our deepest condolences"

For some reason soylent green comes to mind.

In other news, and equally respectful and green method of body disposal - dump it in a river.

Seriously? Seems pumping bodily remains into a sewer is very disrespectful

Smacks of the movie Water World. "She will now be recycled in the customary fasion."[gets dumped into sludge]

There is something creepy about this. The body is basically boiled in a pressure cooker and falls apart like a stew.

Anyone up for "body shots"? Thank you folks, I'll be here all week.

Do these supposed environmental benefits include the production of potassium hydroxide by electrolysis of potassium chloride? or the inefficiencies of transporting the KOH solution via truck-tanker vs existing natural gas pipelines for traditional cremation?
Isn't this very similar to the manufacture of soap via the saponification reaction with sodium hydroxide? So the sewered wastewater would be no worse than a soap manufacturer's wastewater (assuming complete reaction of KOH or post-neautralization with HCL).
I find if interesting that most people will have a difficult time accepting the sewering of human remains, however, "Bones remain and are pulverized to ash in the usual way" will have no effect on them.
All cultures and societies have varying funeral rights and ceremonies. While this may seem odd to us now, in 20 years it will be commonly accepted.

I believe being buried at sea economical. The body just returns back to the environment.

Why cremation devices in the U.K. are responsible for 16% of mercury emissions. Doesn't anyone find this really odd for it to produce so much mercury? I doubt the mercury is coming from the human; so where is it coming from?

Perhaps they just can burn the body a different way, a gentle airplane ride over an active volcano?

This truly gives new meaning to having Aunt Bessie in a vase. Now you can put flowers in the vase and Aunt Bessie can help them grow. It's kinda beautiful if you think about it...... unless the flowers die, oh my.

Is the mercury from dental fillings?

lol @ all the funny comments. cremation is better.
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At my laundry mat I have to put 6 quarters in the side of the machine. I wonder where you put the quarters in this machine and how much it cost.

@JediMindset, Should I ever find myself in a line for a plane or boat and you are ahead of me.... I believe I will get the next plane. I prefer not to go where you heading in life.

@mjmlacrosse, and how is this method any more creepy than injecting a dead body with chemical preservatives, putting clothing and makeup on it, then burying it in a chemically treated wooden box? Trying to keep a dead body from decomposing for the sole purpose of placing it somewhere nobody can look at it is actually the creepy thing here. I for one am glad that we're looking to improve our methods rather than just sticking with "traditions" simply because we don't like to have to think about things.

I personally still want to get shot into space after I die... But that's just my preference over being liquefied by alkaline water...

Anybody see the movie Green Fried Tomatoes?

Christ! What happened to the new rules? It would be nice to be able to read some intelligent posts once in a while without having to scroll through endless nonsense from the same fool.

@Jupiter1987

At the end of the movie of "Green Fried Tomatoes" it was suggested the bad guy was butchered, barbecued and served up for dinner at a restaurant to dispose of the body so the police could never find it. I suppose you never saw the movie?

Leadership is a wonderful thing. I expect tomorrow all the readers of PoPSCi will be delighted by your awesome interesting comments on this article and other articles or do you just whine….

At first I was just creeped out by this new machine, then I came to the part about the liquified remains basically being flushed down the toilet and I knew there was nothing I liked about it other than it supposedly being more environmentally friendly than cremation.

Why not a wood chipper, if were looking for mafia style ways to dispose of the body. At least your remains could be readily turned into a mulch.

Or the body could be exposed on an elevated pillar, for the birds to feast upon, as was traditional in areas like Persia and Nepal.

To the person who was suggesting a burial in space, there is a story over at technovelgy about a guy requesting that he be shot into the sun. Now THAT's cremation. It wouldn't be cheap. Dropping the bodies by helicopter into an active volcano would be considerably more feasible.

Of course that assumes that you don't want to preserve your body cryogenically or donate as many of your organs to help as many people and as many scientific causes as possible.

There is always dinner the next day..... deep southern fried.

I can see this being used to make little green crackers called Soylent Green!

So how did you guess I was talking about you, Bubba?

How much do want to bet this eventually ends up sprayed on our crops as fert. I would say it's a better option than cremation. When you think of burning anything else kind of symbolic and it is to completely destroy it. Not burning it would be more respectful. But if the kids are playing ball in the house, I would rather clean up ashes.

How about another alternative. Anerobic digestion, it is allready used for animal waste. It creates no polution and instead creates energy and high quality fertilizer. Then Grandpa or Grandma can be used to power your house or car and grow your flowers.

To suddenly show up and whine that someone else is troll, you then are guilty of being the troll too, if you offer nothing useful to the said original article.

Quantity of comments is not a definition of trolling, but
more closely associated with spamming and involves solicitation.

internet-trolling:
In brief, internet-trolling means posting irrelevant, controversial, equivocating, ambiguous, or unclear response to a genuine set of arguments. Those who do such things are called as "an internet troll." It is commonly done in discussion forums or in blog type newsgroups.

at lionhunter: It takes too long.

Why discard the solution? It is a great source for first class soap and other chemicals. Recycling at it's best!
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Once upon a time a bunch of engineers hit upon the great idea of this product and develop and create said liquefy human disposable machine. Once they finish, they then put forth their product to a Marketing and Sales Department. Just imagine their joy to be told, go and sell it and be profitable too!

@BubbaGump
why wouldn't you want to go on the same plane? what did i do wrong? and exactly where am i heading?

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This... doesn't quite have the same appeal as being sent from this world by fire. Being sent from this world by being turned into a squishy blob? I'll pass, thanks.

@frong: I don't think that's relevant. You've already been "sent from this world" by the time they even decide to do something with your body. The best thing is to allow the disposal of your body affect the environment the least. With this method, there's no marked grave taking up space at a cemetery, there's no greenhouse gas and heavy metal emissions, and the byproduct could potentially be used for something.

Although you can make diamonds from the product of incineration, so...

@JediMindset, As I read this comment the other day, "..... The people of the world only divide into two kinds, One sort with brains who hold no religion, The other with religion and no brain....", it did not invoke a warm fuzzy from you. So this is why my choice of a different plane. No real insult was intended, but I will let you have your own direction in life; one I choose not to follow.

@JediMindset, I like you comments sir. All is well!

Time is somewhat irrelevant after you are dead. But it would take about two weeks in a digester. The thing is that it would not be just one body in and one out. The body would become part of a total solution combined with others. This would depend on the size of the digester as to how many. The waste digesters I build are in the million gal. range. The issue with handling bodies in an environmentally positive manner is not a problem. It is the social feelings of how a loved one is handled that is the real issue.

Stop to get gas at the local gas station. The attendant offers a new additive for my gas tank. I ask, whats in it. Oh sir, its a special ingrediant and really make your car go. "Don't you just love BIO-FUELS!"

If they want to dispose of bodies in an environmentally-friendly fashion, it costs about 10 bucks for a drive out to the country where you could just dump them, and you save yourself a heap upon the coffin, tombstone, and suit.

You know- the natural way of things. Dead bodies rot, new life grows.

Respect or human life is non-existent. Who would want their remains to be flushed like a goldfish?

If they do use the waste as fuel or a food source, it will give new meaning to the term "human resource"

As the wife of the salesman screams, after doing some laundry "HEY LOOK WHAT YOUR MACHINE DID TO MY CLOTHES!"

Rent out our "funeral home", and buy one of our $5000 boxes to display your loved one. It's the decent thing to do. Oh and we can also take care of the flowers for you. We have a contract, I mean friend, who gives us a good deal. And If you upgrade to the $7000 box we'll throw in the toxic embalming chemicals for free.

It's all about making money. If the sheep were told the respectful thing to do was dig a hole somewhere and toss the body in, that's what they would do. I don't think there's anything disrespectful about that. It's the way the universe works. I'll be putting that in my will. Compost me.

But hey, if I built caskets or liquefaction chambers for a living I'd be all for them.

@BubbaGump
good to know that we settled our differences.

@everyone
id prefer Taxidermy over liquefaction any day.

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The people of the world only divide into two kinds, One sort with brains who hold no religion, The other with religion and no brain.

- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

Sir, I never had a problem towards you. I am sure if any differences happen, it was just a learning curve of communication! :)

@BubbaGump

we are on the same page. no pun intended. lol

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The people of the world only divide into two kinds, One sort with brains who hold no religion, The other with religion and no brain.

- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

Mr. JediMindset, well I am traveling and off to Brazil for a stay. I will return. I do travel a lot in my job. I feel very lucky to have such an interesting job. I get to play with gadgets and toys and electronic thingies. I get to do lots of physical stuff as well. I go to places that are unusual too. You have been so nice to me and I really appreciate your comments. Take care, God Bless and I wish all good things happen your way! Bye.

Oh, I am Republican too.

Off to find some cheap boys, BubbaTeaBagger?

The sheep are told to flush their remains like exrement...and they wish they thought of it themselves. LMAO

Cremation for me thanks.