-=> Mocking Steve Bennett to Kurt Wismer <=-
   
 KW> a gain for environmentalists? clinton haines is going to be
 KW> cremated... fires require fuel and produce fumes... that's not all that
 KW> good for the environment...
 SB> Actually I read/heard somewhere that wood produces more carbon dioxide
 SB> etc, when rotted, rather than burnt...so it's still better to burn the
 SB> wood for the fire :-)
well, no.... see, if he rotts underground the gasses released will not
go directly into the atmosphere, they will percolate up through the soil
and be metabolized in part by anarobic bacteria... and carbon dioxide
itself is more dense than air and so would be left on the ground for the
grass to use for photosynthesis...
the result of burning the accelerant used during cremation is a
different story entirely...
... the "any" key is that red button by the power switch...
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