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    I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime

    ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    @fmf said
    I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime

    ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
    I suppose he feels the need to pay vegetables back.
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    Would you choose burial over cremation for the same reason as Neil deGrasse Tyson does?
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    organ donation, then recycling the remaining organic matter
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    @rookie54 said
    organ donation, then recycling the remaining organic matter
    Soylent green?
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    @fmf said
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    Would you choose burial over cremation for the same reason as Neil deGrasse Tyson does?
    It's silly.

    I'm going out into the desert to die. The vultures and critters and bugs can eat my dead body and the sun can bake my bones as they turn to dust.

    I'll stand up again and see Jesus face to face in a literal resurrected body of flesh and bone never to die again.
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    @josephw said
    I'm going out into the desert to die. The vultures and critters and bugs can eat my dead body and the sun can bake my bones as they turn to dust.
    This is what Neil deGrasse Tyson is suggesting.
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    @josephw said
    I'm going out into the desert to die.
    No you’re not.
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    @fmf said
    This is what Neil deGrasse Tyson is suggesting.
    I didn't say anything about "flora and fauna".

    The only thing "dining" on a body "buried" are a particular species of worms.
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    No you’re not.
    But I want to. I've been through the desert on a horse with no name you know.
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    @josephw said
    I didn't say anything about "flora and fauna".The only thing "dining" on a body "buried" are a particular species of worms.
    Well, "vultures and critters and bugs" and "species of worms" ARE fauna.
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    @fmf said
    Well, "vultures and critters and bugs" and "species of worms" ARE fauna.
    I suppose, but buried only feeds worms.
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    @josephw said
    I suppose, but buried only feeds worms.
    You obviously did not know what fauna means.
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    I have no particular moral views over cremation versus some burial that (without non-biodegradable coffins and crypts, etc. ) means that my remains will be returned to the earthly components of which they are. [I’m not sure that cremation prevents that?]

    I only have two (competing and conflicting) wishes:

    (1) That I am simply and quickly disposed of, without the fuss and cost of any formal memorials (services, headstones, monuments etc.) at all; or
    (2) That a non-sectarian mausoleum be erected with an eternal keg of ale, from which any passerby can freely draw a mug or two.

    That second option is more than unlikely (given the personal economics involved). 😉
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    Hey bro....
    How's the weather??

    I'm going to say.... Burial (?)

    So maybe any loved ones may remember the real me .... That they may be a bit more environmentally friendly
    ..🙂 😉
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