<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Crematorium plans to create 'body heat' : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/"/><tagline>Crematorium plans to create 'body heat' : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-10-15T19:28:04+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Crematorium plans to create 'body heat']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/46335/1/" /><id>46335</id><summary><![CDATA[Crematorium plans to create 'body heat']]></summary><issued>2008-01-08T01:42:49+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-08T01:42:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A crematorium near Manchester, England, has introduced the idea of using heat produced by burning bodies to keep mourners warm.]]></content></entry><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/plime-com/l/46335/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (4)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/plime-com/l/46335-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/plime-com/l/46335-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/plime-com/l/46335-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (0)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/plime-com/l/46335/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><entry><title><![CDATA[pocksucket @ 1/8/2008 3:36:51 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46335/1/atom0_3.rss#q5" /><id>173111</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/weird/l/46335/1/#q4"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>mahler87</b> : I don't think cremation is any more or less green than today's traditional burial techniques. I think the only 100% green funeral practic...]]></summary><issued>2008-01-08T15:36:51+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-08T15:36:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/weird/l/46335/1/#q4"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>mahler87</b> : I don't think cremation is any more or less green than today's traditional burial techniques. I think the only 100% green funeral practice is placing the unembalmed body in an untreated pine wood casket in a hole in the middle of the woods somewhere.</i></div>Undoubtedly, the self-composting approach is the best, but other than that, concerns about vaporised mercury from fillings, energy consumed in the form of gas etc. outweighs the ongoing costs of plot maintenance (grass cutting, pesticides, etc) of a traditional burial.<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/11/climatechange.uknews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">One article concerning</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[mahler87 @ 1/8/2008 3:16:41 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46335/1/atom0_3.rss#q4" /><id>173076</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/weird/l/46335/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>pocksucket</b> : Makes sense.<br/><br/>I believe the tide is turning against cremation in terms of it's green credentials, but this would give it a bit ...]]></summary><issued>2008-01-08T15:16:41+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-08T15:16:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/weird/l/46335/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>pocksucket</b> : Makes sense.<br/><br/>I believe the tide is turning against cremation in terms of it's green credentials, but this would give it a bit of a boost.</i></div>I don't think cremation is any more or less green than today's traditional burial techniques. I think the only 100% green funeral practice is placing the unembalmed body in an untreated pine wood casket in a hole in the middle of the woods somewhere.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hoosker @ 1/8/2008 9:30:05 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46335/1/atom0_3.rss#q3" /><id>172757</id><summary><![CDATA[That's great, now if they can only get the &quot;Fatman's Soul Food Barbecue&quot; and <br/>&quot;Urneez Can-O-Fertilizer&quot; idea's to sell...]]></summary><issued>2008-01-08T09:30:05+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-08T09:30:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[That's great, now if they can only get the &quot;Fatman's Soul Food Barbecue&quot; and <br/>&quot;Urneez Can-O-Fertilizer&quot; idea's to sell...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[pocksucket @ 1/8/2008 7:11:10 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46335/1/atom0_3.rss#q2" /><id>172698</id><summary><![CDATA[Makes sense.<br/><br/>I believe the tide is turning against cremation in terms of it's green credentials, but this would give it a bit of a boost.]]></summary><issued>2008-01-08T07:11:10+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-08T07:11:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Makes sense.<br/><br/>I believe the tide is turning against cremation in terms of it's green credentials, but this would give it a bit of a boost.]]></content></entry></feed>