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Originally Posted by kutulu
I used to think cremation was the thing to do but with my current job I think we should just toss them in a landfill that has gas-to-energy system. Why use fuel to burn them when we can let them decompose to methane gas and then we use the gas to make electricity?
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Choices for what to do with the dead have often come down to environment.
Back in the Iron Age for example, in parts of Britain and Europe that had been deforested for agriculture, only people who were high up in society could afford a cremation, as it takes a lot of wood to consume a body completely. Many corpses would be either buried or left out in the open for the elements to claim. Their bones might later be used in ritual.