aquamation / alkaline hydrolysis and idiotic arguments against it

What happens after you die? Well, one thing could be your body goes in a metal tube, the tube is filled with water and lye, and then heated until you melt away. The results may be used as fertilizer and it has the lowest environmental impact of any other body disposal (except "sky burial" I guess). Of course, this makes it illegal in most of the US.

https://newrepublic.com/article/148997/fight-right-cremated-water-rise-alkaline-hydrolysis-america

There is so much in this article that makes me want to go on a grand tour of punching people. Republicans and the Catholic Church (two truly unassailable groups of people of honor and integrity and giving a shit about human beings) are preventing aquamation from being a legal method of "death care" in the states, using time-tested and incredibly stupid "I don't like the idea so therefore nobody should ever be allowed to do it" arguments.

The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK had a scaremongering article saying that "oh someone's aquamationed remains could be flushed down the drain". Well someone's conventionally cremated remains could be thrown in a bin, but it doesn't mean that's what's going to happen.

My understanding of the aquamation process is that the end product is a powder, so basically not that different to the ashes from regular cremation.

I have been listening to this podcast _Sam Reads Near Death Experiences_ because I really am fascinated at how frequently NDE accounts will contain very similar, very specific elements (one example being the sudden impartation of knowledge of the science/physics behind, well, everything. Even if they aren't a peek into the afterlife, they're compelling psycholigically.

But that's a different topic. I want to be cremated but by all means throw me in the vat of acid if it's better for the planet and doesn't cost a lot.

Angered by their inability to fulfill their loved ones’ wishes, Sieber’s family launched a lobbying effort to get aquamation legalized in Indiana. And after more than a year and $40,000 spent, Sieber said they had gathered enough votes for a bill to pass. When their aquamation legalization bill came to the floor of the state House of Representatives, however, it was derailed by a gruesome speech by a lawmaker who also happened to be a casket-maker.

punch that lawmaker straight into one of their fine caskets, imo

Alkaline hydrolysis is my preferred method of disposal which is why I have arranged to be murdered by a serial killer