WEBVTT - What can be done with a dead body?

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to Stuff You Should Know?

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<v Speaker 1>From House Stuff Works dot Com? Hi, I'm welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast this Stuff you Should Know? And I'm Josh.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's Chuck Nice Chuck good one. Hi Josh, alright, Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here. I understand here all right, Chuck. Um My.

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<v Speaker 1>One of my heroes, one of my idols of all time,

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<v Speaker 1>a guy named Dr Hunter Wis Thompson. I knew that's

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<v Speaker 1>where you're going. He actually stole one of my ideas

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<v Speaker 1>years and I'm not kidding years before. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you actually stole it, but years before, Hunter Thompson

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<v Speaker 1>had his ashes um shot out of a cannon at

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<v Speaker 1>Woody Creek, Colorado. Too much fanfare? Have you ever seen

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<v Speaker 1>the video of it? Now? I'm really dying to see

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<v Speaker 1>that documentary. It's awesome. That's really great. Um. I want

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<v Speaker 1>my body, not ashes body shot out of a cannon

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<v Speaker 1>like a year I figured human cannibaal yeah, exactly, but

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<v Speaker 1>a lifeless one that just kind of goes in over

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<v Speaker 1>on like a prairie or a plane in like Kansas.

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<v Speaker 1>I figure, all I need is a really good attorney

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<v Speaker 1>and it really corrupt sheriff and I can get it

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<v Speaker 1>done right. Well, what's the idea that you get shot

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<v Speaker 1>out and just land on the ground and then let

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<v Speaker 1>the carrion crows take care of me? That's nice. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a way to go. Um And you want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear some other ways again? Sure, okay. Apparently you can

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<v Speaker 1>do a lot with human cremaines, cremated remains. There's this

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<v Speaker 1>one company called life Jem and I actually think they're Swiss. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>They will take a certain measure of you think they're Swiss,

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<v Speaker 1>like they're not, like they claim to be German, but

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<v Speaker 1>actually I'm suspicious that they're not Swiss, maybe Jersey or something. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>They they will take a little portion of your loved

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<v Speaker 1>ones cremines and they compress it into a diamond. Actually wow, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's actually fairly a real diamond. Yeah, you can

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<v Speaker 1>do well. I mean it's a synthetic compressed diamond. Real

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<v Speaker 1>diamond takes eons. This is like I guess maybe Cubics

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<v Speaker 1>are coming something like that. As far as they say

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<v Speaker 1>it's a diamond, the um I for a point to

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<v Speaker 1>nine carrot diamond. UM it's on. You just send them

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<v Speaker 1>some of your loved ones remains. And it also actually

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<v Speaker 1>is equally effective, um to keep an enemy in prison

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<v Speaker 1>for eternity. If you want to do that, you just

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<v Speaker 1>have to get your hands on some of their ashes.

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<v Speaker 1>You can wear them around like you own them. Yeah. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's another thing, totally totally well. You know what's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna happen to you after you die, you better not

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<v Speaker 1>die before me. Um. You can also have your ashes

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<v Speaker 1>shot into space. Timothy Leary had it done, actually exactly

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<v Speaker 1>again one of my heroes. Slightly yeah, yeah, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>slightly affordable, somewhat affordable, surprisingly affordable. How much um for

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<v Speaker 1>a I think a graham of your ashes to be

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<v Speaker 1>shot into space and then allowed to burn up in

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<v Speaker 1>in the atmosphere where you can sivably become part of

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<v Speaker 1>the carbon cycle or the rain cycle or something. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not bad. I wonder if they shoot you up there

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm sure they did with a bunch of other people.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh definitely. And there's a couple of different flights. One

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<v Speaker 1>it just goes up hit zero gravity and comes back

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<v Speaker 1>down and then they return it to you and you're like,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks a bunch that that would be appropriate for me,

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<v Speaker 1>because you know how much I hate to fly because

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<v Speaker 1>of being next to strangers. That would be my ultimate

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<v Speaker 1>horrible way to go is to be shot up into space,

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<v Speaker 1>crowded and surrounded by a bunch of other people's creamines.

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<v Speaker 1>No thanks, yeah, no, So we won't do that to you. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have to worry about You'll be trapped in

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<v Speaker 1>a diamond in a ring on my finger. That's that's

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<v Speaker 1>your fate. I think I'd like to be cremated. It

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<v Speaker 1>definitely don't want to the old Southern traditional burial view

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<v Speaker 1>the body type of thing. Well, you know, there's there's

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<v Speaker 1>some other stuff you can do. You can actually put

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<v Speaker 1>a dead body to good use. That's what I hear. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>bodies can actually be made to generate power after they die.

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<v Speaker 1>True in theory. Right. And this set up, this one

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<v Speaker 1>fascinates me the most because, um, it's actually am It's

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<v Speaker 1>a conceptual art project called the Afterlife Project. But basically, um,

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<v Speaker 1>these this, these two artists are an artist in a

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<v Speaker 1>designer I believe, came up with a way where you

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<v Speaker 1>you can put a microbial fuel cell beneath the remains

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<v Speaker 1>of a dead body, specifically underneath their stomach, and as

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<v Speaker 1>the body decomposes, these gastric juices that are produced are

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<v Speaker 1>eaten up by the bacteria in the anode of this

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<v Speaker 1>microbial fuel cell. And it's anaerobic, so there's no oxygen,

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<v Speaker 1>so it can't just be turned into water. So these

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<v Speaker 1>free floating electrons that are looking for something to bind

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<v Speaker 1>are basically turned. It converted into electricity. Now that is

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<v Speaker 1>actually shot up to like a say, a memorial statue

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<v Speaker 1>of the grave marker. Then the grave marker is actually

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<v Speaker 1>a battery charger. So you have a battery and it's

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<v Speaker 1>got like your name and your date of birth and

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<v Speaker 1>death on it, and your loved ones can power all

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<v Speaker 1>sorts of weird stuff with it. Normal stuff, but I

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<v Speaker 1>like the weird stuff better. Yeah, that's crazy. I wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if that is actually gonna come to fruition. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, I don't know. Um some looking into it,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't find a whole lot, Like you know sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>when conceptual arts done, it's done, and you know whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>But they proved it, it it can it can't happen. I

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<v Speaker 1>actually do think that they created a model for it,

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<v Speaker 1>and and the science is there for sure, but they

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<v Speaker 1>were saying that they did this to UM provide proof

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<v Speaker 1>to people who are spiritually disconnected or require proof that

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<v Speaker 1>there is a life after death, because really they're taking

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<v Speaker 1>energy that was there before and putting it out into small,

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<v Speaker 1>handheld battery powered devices. It really is. It's a great idea,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the afterlife project. So you can't you can't put

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<v Speaker 1>bodies to use this. It's a good thing, but that

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<v Speaker 1>actually is kind of part of a growing trend of

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<v Speaker 1>green burials, or depending on where you come from, green burials. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it depends on who you ask. I've got a staff

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<v Speaker 1>for you. I love you know, I love your stats.

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<v Speaker 1>I know. Uh. There was a study UM performed by

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<v Speaker 1>the I'm sorry with the American Association of Retired Persons

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<v Speaker 1>and in two thousand seven of people over the age

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<v Speaker 1>of fifty were interested in green burials. That makes sense

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<v Speaker 1>because that's like, that's my dad's generation, and they're the

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<v Speaker 1>ones who got like the recycling kai Bosh put on

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<v Speaker 1>their heads, Like my dad recycles religiously, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>his age group really bought into that in like the

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<v Speaker 1>early nineties, So I'm not surprised, not bad. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the other sevent said get off my lawn, so probably

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<v Speaker 1>got wicker snapper kind of thing. Well, the thing is,

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<v Speaker 1>it makes sense. It may seem a little wacky, a

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<v Speaker 1>little ego conscious to the nth degree, I disagree, but well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, traditional burials actually are really harmful environmentally. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't make a lot of sense. It's I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a to me, this is my opinion. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit of an outdated thing to load

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<v Speaker 1>the body up with formaldehyde and put it in a

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<v Speaker 1>very expensive casket and sink it into the ground. It's uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't make much sense to me. That's just chuck talking. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's it's been done clearly because people need

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of closure. You have to take a few

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<v Speaker 1>days to really kind of get over it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>in the nineteenth century, people used to sit up around

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<v Speaker 1>their their dead loved one which is propped up on

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<v Speaker 1>chairs in like the living room for days. That meals

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<v Speaker 1>around it, that kind of thing. Um, And this is

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<v Speaker 1>before embalming was used, I believe, So I imagine it

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<v Speaker 1>got pretty gamy. But so we come up with embalming

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<v Speaker 1>and now you know, a mortuary putty, and all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden we can you know, hang out with our

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<v Speaker 1>loved one until we're ready to plan them in the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>But even when we plan them in the ground, that

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<v Speaker 1>embalming fluid, you know, it may make cigarettes pop, but

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<v Speaker 1>really it's not good for you at all. No, it's not,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's not good for the environment. UM. But you

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<v Speaker 1>don't you know, if you're interested in green burial that

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<v Speaker 1>you don't think it has to be some of these

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<v Speaker 1>more radical ones that were about to mention. UM. If

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<v Speaker 1>you do want a sort of a traditional casket type

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<v Speaker 1>of deal, uh, you can get biodegradable caskets these days, um,

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<v Speaker 1>made of bamboo, sustainable bamboo. You can get an eco pod,

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<v Speaker 1>which is basically a pod made from recycled newspaper. It's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like paper machee. Yeah. Yeah, so you just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of it dissolves along with you into the earth. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>For go the formalde hyde um you can use. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>they use dry ice and refrigeration instead, which makes sense

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<v Speaker 1>to me, and and it makes perfect sense. You just

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<v Speaker 1>have to You're limited then in where a cemetery can be, right, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't be near the the watershed or the water

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<v Speaker 1>table or else some naw stiness could really get into

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<v Speaker 1>the into the waters and polluted. Although I guess if

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<v Speaker 1>you're not using embombing fluide or any other kind of

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<v Speaker 1>hazardous materials, would decomposing body be that much threat? And really, honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>how much decomposing bodies do we drink every day just

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<v Speaker 1>from tap water? I don't have that staff probably a

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<v Speaker 1>significant amount, you think, sure, I guess. So, Okay, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people buried out there, you know, sure, but

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<v Speaker 1>not me. Think dead fish, dead squirrels, dead um, raccoons,

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much any woodland animal that's dead. It's a good point.

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<v Speaker 1>We've probably drank before. Why not humans? And of course

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<v Speaker 1>there's always good old cremation, which is supposedly a green

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<v Speaker 1>burial because you know, also the caskets that are usually

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<v Speaker 1>used used like a mahogany casket that's like an old

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<v Speaker 1>growth forest wood, and you know it's being cut down

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<v Speaker 1>so it can be planted in the ground with you,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's probably laminated using some horrible kind of lacquer.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not it's it's just not good. So cremation that's great,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no there's no even though there is a cast

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<v Speaker 1>get involved, it's not degrading. It's actually being burned up. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But the problem is there's all sorts of horrible byproducts

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<v Speaker 1>from burning you know, a human body. Right. It takes

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of energy too, Yes, it does. But that

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<v Speaker 1>energy can be harnessed, can it. Well, yeah, that's one

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<v Speaker 1>cool thing. And this is in Sweden. Our friends in

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<v Speaker 1>Sweden are always ahead of the curve. It uh, crematoriums,

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're harnessing that heat that it takes. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's over eight d degrees fahrenheit um, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>thousand degrees celsius for you in Sweden, right. Uh. So

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<v Speaker 1>they're harnessing that heat and actually turning into energy. And

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<v Speaker 1>there's a town in Sweden that actually gets ten percent

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<v Speaker 1>of its home heating energy from crematoriums from the dead. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>pretty cool heat for the home. Yeah, that is very

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<v Speaker 1>very cool, very cool. It's also a little creepy, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's very cool, right, But that is not the

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<v Speaker 1>coolest one in my opinion. Are you talking about alkaline hydrolysis? Oh? Yeah, man,

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<v Speaker 1>that is awesome. So you want to tell them you

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<v Speaker 1>want me to go ahead? Okay, So basically all these

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<v Speaker 1>animals they experimented on, like you know, we couldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>come up with a bola without sacrificing a few animals.

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<v Speaker 1>But you don't just toss those kind of things into

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<v Speaker 1>the into the garbage. This is a biohazard. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>process that that was created where you dissolve a body

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<v Speaker 1>in lie uh and heat it to about three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>degrees hundred forty nine degrees celsius um, and you apply

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<v Speaker 1>about sixty pounds of pressure per square inch to the body.

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<v Speaker 1>So I imagine it's in some little kind of box

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<v Speaker 1>or something with like a card cruncher kind of thing, right,

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<v Speaker 1>um and uh. After a certain amount of time, the

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<v Speaker 1>body dissolves and it turns into like this coffee colored good.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's like, Um, it's the consistency of motor oil

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<v Speaker 1>and it's sterile. So what do you do with it?

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<v Speaker 1>Down the drain, down the drain. I can't think of

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<v Speaker 1>any less sentimental way to dispose of human body than that, right. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people don't like this though, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>they don't they do this on cadet evers and like

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<v Speaker 1>you said, research animals, they don't do this. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>in practice yet. Well, they're trying to personally. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>remember where the town is chucked. It's in New York. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And there was a funeral director who's trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>it this process legalized because apparently you can't do that

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<v Speaker 1>with human remains illegal um. And the Roman Catholic Diocese

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<v Speaker 1>came out against it and and basically got it dubbed

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<v Speaker 1>the Hannibal Lector bill. I don't get think any bill.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't get that. What is I think they're just

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<v Speaker 1>trying to play off the creepiness in the complete disregard

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<v Speaker 1>for the sanctity of humanity or anything. Terrible example, because

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<v Speaker 1>it worked because everybody's heard of Hannibal Lector and the

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<v Speaker 1>bill got sunk. So uh And frankly, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I need slightly more pomp and circumstances. I need more

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<v Speaker 1>cannons and Kansas planes, you know, than you can have

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<v Speaker 1>a ceremony. Um. I don't think it necessarily has to

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<v Speaker 1>be your wife, you know, in a darkened room, just

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<v Speaker 1>pouring you down a drain. You have a big party,

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<v Speaker 1>in a big ceremony, you can still have all the fanfare.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's true and technically, I guess is not that

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<v Speaker 1>much different from cremation, right, sure, yeah, or you could

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<v Speaker 1>put the syrupy goo and into a balloon and drop

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<v Speaker 1>it from the Empire State Building. That'd be kind of cool.

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<v Speaker 1>That would be very cool. Canon. Yeah, what is the

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<v Speaker 1>syrupy goo? I'm covered with some poor guy with like

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<v Speaker 1>a Fannie pack and the camera and then he's covered

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<v Speaker 1>with Josh. Ironically he's from Kansas. Yes, So that's there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of things that are in the works that

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<v Speaker 1>it looks like the funeral industry is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>turned over eventually. Even even Nate Fisher from six ft

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<v Speaker 1>Under he had a green burial just wrapped in like

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<v Speaker 1>a canvas sack and planted in the ground. Well, there's

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<v Speaker 1>only so much land mass out there and it can't

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<v Speaker 1>well go to cemetery. What's well, I think is cool

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<v Speaker 1>about the green burial movement is they use these cemetery

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<v Speaker 1>plots as land easemants so that they're protected in perpetuity

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<v Speaker 1>because there's a person there. And basically you rather than

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<v Speaker 1>getting spending the money on a plot in a traditional cemetery,

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<v Speaker 1>you um basically buy a piece of lane and it's

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<v Speaker 1>protected forever. So it's protected land it can never be

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<v Speaker 1>developed on. So that's another kind of UM. Subtle aim

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<v Speaker 1>of the green burial movement is land conservation by you know, death,

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<v Speaker 1>And there's also a burial at sea UM. The new

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<v Speaker 1>green way to be buried at sea is to have

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<v Speaker 1>your cremains mixed with concrete and become part of artificial

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