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26 Apr 2011 17:20

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Politics: CA assemblyman proposes liquefaction as “green” cremation alternative

  • dirty death Cremation has long been one of the two mainstream methods of corpse disposal. The burnings are not necessarily eco-friendly, though, releasing carbon into the air and using up a fair share of energy to turn a body to ash.
  • clean death? Jeff Miller, a California state assemblyman, proposes allowing people to have their remains liquefied, a new process that uses 1/10th the energy of cremation. We can’t help but think this is going to hurt his political career. source

(via John Ness)

18 Apr 2010 11:48

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World: The death toll in last week’s China quake steadily rising

  • 1,706 killed in last week’s earthquake in the remote Yushu county
  • 1,000 bodies have been cremated since the quake happened source