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I want to be made into Soylent Green...
No, really. I like this ecopod idea. Cremation kind of gives me the creeps, but traditional burials take up space. I'd rather decompose. My other consideration is economical--I don't want my offspring to be burdened with some expensive funeral. Caskets are pricey, and so are urns.
I've dealt with this issue a few times, as my grandparents have passed on. All three chose cremation. Oma's ashes were mostly spread on a beach in Washington on a very stormy day. Some of Grandpa's ashes are in a tulip garden at my parents' house. The rest are mixed with the remainder of Oma's, and they are buried together in a memorial garden. My other grandfather's ashes were scattered in a river that flowed through the county he spent most of his life in. Cremation certainly gives a person a lot of choices as to where their remains go, but like I said...it gives me the creeps (or as my mom says, "You'll be dead! What do YOU care?!").
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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