Comments on: Ultimate Green Burial: Frozen & Vibrated Into Dust, Kinda Like a Terminator

By: Chris Winter

Chris Winter — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:31:06 +0000

“A sweedish company, called Promessa Organic Burial says they’ve discovered the greenest possible way to bury your loved ones: freeze them in liquid nitrogen and then use sonic waves to shatter their body, a la T-1000 in Terminator 2.”

Um… A “sweedish” company???

By: billy campbell

billy campbell — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:48:22 +0000

In response to “hygenic”, I am pretty sure that freeze drying and pulverizing bodies will not get rid of transmissible spongiform associated (TSA)prions (lke those that cause Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease) -in fact if powdered could be highly infectious. Unwanted bactera? Most surface water in the US is highly contaminated with bacteria-from farm animals and elsewhere. It is the reason we havewater teatment plants. The contribution of natural burial to significantly contaminating aquifers is nil. We have run the nation’s first conservation burial ground at Ramsey Creek for 12 years (and have probably close to 200 burials) and have NEVER had problems with animals. It is an ancient and highly effective technology for preventing animal disturbance.

By: Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor)

Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:17:03 +0000

Burying people au natural is certainly greener than what most people do now, but Promessa is claiming a couple of advantages of their freeze-dry method: that the burial is hygienic and the decomposition fast. Bury a whole body in your backyard and you get slow decomposition and potentially unwanted bacteria. Plus you don’t want Fido digging up Gramps’ femur and gnawing at it on your sofa.

That said, we’re not claiming this is necessarily the most practical way to return a body to the Earth—notable, funny, and maybe even smart.

By: Georg

Georg — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:33:34 +0000

@David (2.)

Soylent Green Brownies?

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:28:57 +0000

um, no. not particularly green.

making liquid nitrogren requires FREEZING AIR, which costs a lot of ENERGY, surely more than digging a hole and producing more carbon than a cremation.

here’s a better idea for making America green: teach every high school student the basic principles of thermodynamics.

By: Marla

Marla — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:34:23 +0000

Why not just bury my dead body out back? Liquid nitrogen, vibration, all a waste and not very green. Let my decomposing body feed all critters in the ground, then plant a shrub in the spring and rejoice.

By: mariner

mariner — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:15:13 +0000

How “green” is making liquid nitrogen?…Still think burial at sea is more than likely the “greenist”

By: David

David — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:35:13 +0000

I like the Idea but instead of Planting something on top of me,mix me into a Batch of Brownies for my Friends to Enjoy !

By: Nuno

Nuno — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:12:41 +0000

Wouldn’t it be easier, and most probably cheaper, if we just bury the bodies of the deceased without coffins?

Personally speaking, I wouldn’t be bothered if my family decided to do that.