http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/science/a-project-to-turn-corpses-into-compost.html
Great project. Insane that not default. Of course excrement much bigger over lifetime than corpse but admittedly less of a contained problem.
Great project. Insane that not default. Of course excrement much bigger over lifetime than corpse but admittedly less of a contained problem.
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Or fly high with vultures.
BTW since "vulture capitalist" actually refers to something different (distressed buyout) than venture capitalists, why hasn't the term "venture condor" taken off?
BTW since "vulture capitalist" actually refers to something different (distressed buyout) than venture capitalists, why hasn't the term "venture condor" taken off?
@jrobertson@microca.st good point. The FAQ at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/546469190/the-urban-death-project-laying-our-loved-ones-to-r includes
We are currently working with our soil scientist advisors to better understand how heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and prion diseases can be safely addressed within our system.
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Non-organic materials such as prostheses, metal plates, or amalgam fillings will be screened out and recycled.
If I remember right, vulture sky burials (at India's "Towers of Silence" -- Jains or Zoroastrians) are under threat because the vultures are dying out.
As for venture condors - my zoological knowledge isn't enough to stretch the metaphor. Blah blah capital blah albatross?
SombreKnave at 2015-04-14T22:23:59Z
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Thanks I didn't know and you remember right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakhma#In_India and the vultures started dying very recently (2005) due to poisoning by a livestock drug.