2007-07-08 21:07:19 · 13 answers · asked by jaygirl 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Cremation is fuel intensive (high heat required) and releases into the air all of the toxins and heavy metals we've accumulated in our bodies. Air quality is measurably more toxic near crematoriums.
Burial doesn't require chemicals. That's another modern fallacy brought to you by the manufacturers.
2007-07-08 21:15:39 · answer #1 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ecologically - probably burial because it feeds the earth, ( not sure about the chemical implications of things like embalming fluid etc though. Unfortunately we are running out of space for cemeteries, I mean why take up all that land for burials when it could be better used for growing crops etc ? so cremation is becoming more popular.
2007-07-08 21:12:38 · answer #2 · answered by Debi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can get biodegradable coffins and get a green burial site. As the grave is not near a water source you are not harming the enviroment and you can plant a tree also.
I know 2 friends buried in a wooded area, I think the rules are 2 or 3 burials in one place only.
It must be better than cremation.
2007-07-08 21:59:54 · answer #3 · answered by j_emmans 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Definitely cremation. They're going to be dead; why does it matter what is done with the body? It's going to just rot in the ground anyway. Cremations have been done since before written history, so it's not a strange or new and evil concept.
Also, a lot can be done with the land. You could house live bodies on it instead of dead ones in it.
2007-07-08 21:17:10 · answer #4 · answered by Jacquelyn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends. There is a small movement toward "green burials". The person is not embalmed just cleaned up. They are put in a cardboard box or a bag and buried in a wooded area. Eventually they mulch back to nature.
2007-07-08 21:14:33 · answer #5 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'd say burial!.. 1 it's more natural, 2 less pollution.. but it's a pretty hard question cause society is huge today, we looking for the worlds best interests, or ares?
2007-07-08 21:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Cremation As long as people don't moan about the smoke produced.
2007-07-08 21:14:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cremation..
2007-07-08 21:11:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, i think burial the bodies enrich the ground, and in cremation you will let of a lot of CO2 causing global warming, etc
2007-07-08 21:12:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Cremation, obviously. The ground taken up by cemeteries is starting to look pretty absurd when there's so much else we could be doing with that space. Plant crops, not corpses!
2007-07-08 21:10:06 · answer #10 · answered by auntb93 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋