fertilizer

[ironymaiden]

weezlgrrrl told me about promession (categories: death culture, recycling) today. it looks like it's economics more than environmentalism that will drive its adoption, but i hope that it's firmly in place by the time someone needs to dispose of me. i'd like a nice lilac bush.

Comments

[buhrger]

for a while now i've been saying that i want to be composted when i die. this would certainly be a less icky way of doing that.

[matt-ruff.livejournal.com]

Hey, even an environmentally conscious world needs big paperweights:

http://www.summum.org/mummification/

And they also do kitties:

http://www.summum.org/mummification/pets/

[ironymaiden]

i love that it actually costs more to get your pet done.

How would you sign your organ donor card?

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

I think the human side of it is also a kind of research. There was a company down south (of me) that was looking for volunteers a few years back.

"Excuse me, are you planning on dying anytime soon?"
"Why, yes. Yes I am."
"Would you like to try our mummification technique - we expect it to be all the rage..."
"Hmm. Do I get my own pyramid? No? Can my wife use me as a coffee table? She's been wanting a new coffee table for quite some time now..."

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

Ooo! I saw a thing about that on Nova once! Very nifty!

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

That's nifty. I wanted to be cremated and my ashes spread in an undisclosed space (the hubby knows, so all's well), but that is a very interesting alternative...

On a completely immature note - Cool! Liquid Nitrogen! Shattering! Oooooooo!

[ironymaiden]

and magnets! not only does your body become fetilizer, but all your fillings and whatnot get recycled. (and no mercury vaporized into the atmosphere.)
and i love it when i get the cornstarch packing peanuts you can melt in water. imagine having a giant container of the stuff.
hooray for science!

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to my eight year old's birthday party (she will obviously be turning nine) - we're going to have a science party! I already have a guy who is going to give me a bunch of dry ice, and another teacher friend who is lending us his magnet kit. I love fun science!
I wonder where I could score some of those packing peanuts? Excuse me, but I must go and google for a while.

[ironymaiden]

speaking of fun science, you should look through http://www.makezine.com/blog/

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Thanks!

[bhagwanx.livejournal.com]

I wholeheartedly endorse this product or event. Hell, I just want to watch it happen to somebody. That would be neat. If I can't have Federation disintegration technology, I'm all for the N2 bath.

But why wait? There's always eBay (http://search.ebay.com/search/liquid-nitrogen_W0QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1QQ)

FYI

[mort-q.livejournal.com]

You can write N₂ like this: N₂.

We now return you back to your regularily scheduled program.

FYFI

[mort-q.livejournal.com]

And if you found that at all interesting you can write E=mc² like this: E=mc²

Re: FYFI

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

Show off!

Re: FYFI

[mort-q.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I've taught chemistry and math, and so knowing how to do stuff like that is useful. That and I'm used to marking H20, when they mean H₂O, wrong, so I don't like doing it. Professional hazzard I guess.

Re: FYFI

[buhrger]

now if i could just convince them that when i say "log₁₀x", i don't mean "log 10^x"...

FYEFI

[mort-q.livejournal.com]

... or that x2 and x² are very very different too.

Re: FYEFI

[buhrger]

yeah, although these days it tends to be 2^x and 2x.

Re: FYI

[bhagwanx.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of effort. And really, I blew my wad on the link.

But I still want the N₂ bath, since my first choice is most likely unavailable.

An avid tv junkie speaks...

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

That would make for an interesting CSI episode - kill the guy, shatter his remains, scatter the melting goo throughout the desert.

Re: An avid tv junkie speaks...

[mort-q.livejournal.com]

Don't be getting any ideas...

... where is your husband anyway, he hasn't posted in awhile!!

Re: An avid tv junkie speaks...

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

He hasn't? Hmmm...

[pixxelpuss.livejournal.com]

You know, none of the dead people disposal methods really appeal to me. Because I can't really wrap my head around the not being in there part. I like this except for the having to shatter part. But it's nice not to pollute with my decomposing remains...

[mort-q.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's way better than cremation... although I've always wanted to be be shot into the sun, but that's likely a bit pricey.

[ironymaiden]

last time i looked the space thing was like $1000 US a gram. and James Doohan's rocket is having engine trouble.

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

Oh dear... will we be watching the James Doohan meteorite shower soon?

[mort-q.livejournal.com]

So, at my current weigth, less 70% for water, I'd be about 24500 grams. That's only $24,500,000 USD. Somehow, I don't think saving that much just to have my remains have a fun trip, makes sense.

I guess I'll have to have myself fired into the sun while I'm still alive. Anyone want to loan me some money for a fiery wake?

[boldfeather.livejournal.com]

You could just have one piece of yourself shot into space... far more economically feasible, and you'd get to enjoy seeing yourself burn near the corona.
I guess we'd have to leave it up to jillybean74 to decide which piece it would be.

[ironymaiden]

now that i look it up you can only send a representative sample.
so you just need to get someone who wants to send part of you far far away...