Critiquing the rationality of public policy, ruminating on modern life,
and exposing my inner nerd.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
When I die, burn me and use the heat
Clean Break: "The amount of natural gas and electricity used to cremate one body is the equivalent of driving a car from coast to coast...Given this post-humus environmental footprint — and given our concern about climate change — innovation in this area is on the rise. In Denmark and Sweden, some municipalities are taking the waste heat from their local crematoriums and using it as part of their district heating systems."
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