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Dying to be Green

Discussion in 'Environmental Discussion' started by wjtracy, Jan 28, 2012.

  1. wjtracy

    wjtracy Senior Member

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    One of my favorite TV shows last 5 years or so was called EnergyNow. They just ended the TV show, due to lack of finances apparently.

    Here is one of the last shows, very interesting piece at 22:25 minutes on how to die green, avoiding carbon pollution via nat gas cremation, via "bio cremation" and some other options such as burial at sea. Other topics this show included use of landfills for methane recovery and for large flexible Unisolar PV mat arrays. Also a section on converting biosludge to plasics - note the lack of safety glasses in the lab tour - typical lack of safety awareness I find for these small start-ups.

    Greening The Most Unlikely Items - 1.1.2012 | Energy Now
     
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    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    My mother owned sheep, sheared them, carded the wool, spun yarn and made clothes, both by knitting and via a loom. She raised herbs that stained wool and concentrated them and dyed her yarn. Folks would come into the house and notice the odd smell in the kitchen, we would tell them that mom was into natural Dyeing. They almost always looked to see if she was dead yet.

    When she did die, we cremated her and shot her out of a salad shooter down a trail she had particularly liked. It is how I hope to be scattered.

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    When I am dead my carcass is no longer relevant to me, nor is the planet. My family is free to dispose of my body in whatever way helps them deal with the loss.
     
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    I want my body preserved in the same manner as those bodies that travel the country as science exhibits. You know the plastic looking real corpses that everyone morbidly pays $10.00 to view, under the pretense that they are interested in how the human body works, when really they just want to go "Oooh...look at that guys intestines".

    After I'm preserved I'd like to be displayed at Toyota's Corporate Headquarters, in the visitor lobby. Preferable after I have been adapted to be a solar powered lamp. A small brass placard could Read "Illumination Courtesy of The Electric Me".
     
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    I simply don't believe in death. And if you don't believe in something it can't hurt you.
     
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  6. The Electric Me

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    Be sure to leave instructions that your tombstone should read "This isn't Happening" .
     
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    ^^ Spoiler Alert!!

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    I want my head to be severed from my body and cryogenically preserved, like Walt Disney's.

    I understand he's buried at Forest Lawn in Glendale, CA, but his head is reputed to be in the deep freeze somewhere.

    Gosh, that must be energy intensive.
     
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    I was planning to mention Tibetan sky burial, but the Walt Disney thing sent me thisaway instead

    http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Wouldnt-Mystery-Science-Theater/dp/B00004RFIF
     
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    "Here lies Tony, a Buddhist. See ya later..."
     
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    Once I am officially declared dead I will cease giving a rats nice person about anything! :eek:
     
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    I'm taking odds
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    Funny thread. I sure hope the salad shooter story wasn't real, and I am still laughing at the tombstone saying.


    iPad ?
     
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    Yes this thread is not going where I expected it to go.
    But at least it's going somewhere (FHOP ?).

    There is a big landfill I fought hard to close down years ago.
    That's my spot.
     
    #14 wjtracy, Feb 3, 2012
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