Compost That Corpse. It’s for the Planet

[rebewranger]

Compost That Corpse. It’s for the Planet
27th May 2022  Comments (9)

Tony Thomas

I’ve been preening for years since I donated my body to Melbourne University anatomy students. What a fine citizen I am! You can picture the students crowding around, with me as the centre of attention:

Student Mary-Lou: “Such remarkably flat feet. I do look forward to dissecting them.”

Student Trent: “Yes, and I’m seeing enough titanium here to build a small aeroplane.”

But five academics at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have pricked my bubble of virtue. Their research at the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) shows my corporeal donation is a threat to the planet via climate-changing CO2 emissions. I might only generate half a tonne post-life, compared with, say, China’s 12 billion annual tonnes.[1] But as a world citizen I should “tackle” (I love that word) climate change to preserve the planet and civilisation. According to the Climate Council’s Professor Will Steffen, our excess emissions threaten even homo sapiens per se.[2]

https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/doomed-planet/2022/05/compost-that-corpse-its-for-the-planet/

[rebewranger]

Personally, I've always wanted to be buried on my head so the world can kiss my *ss!!

[DefiantMassRINO]

I want to be cremated and have my ashes dumped in the ocean from a fishing pier on an outgoing tide.  Why the Hell would I want to take up valuable real estate for a memorial that nobody will visit.

Then, there's always the possibility of a Poltergeist situation, where a developer moves the headstones, but not the graves.

[Cyber Liberty]

I want to be cremated and have my ashes dumped in the ocean from a fishing pier on an outgoing tide.  Why the Hell would I want to take up valuable real estate for a memorial that nobody will visit.

Then, there's always the possibility of a Poltergeist situation, where a developer moves the headstones, but not the graves.

I want to have my corpse blown up with dynamite.