UK finds new fuel source to undercut Russian stranglehold on Europe

[Imran Siddiqui]

You're expecting your own religious motivations to be the only valid ones. They're not.

I don't see any non-religious motivations to be valid here. You can see it in this thread, plenty of atheistic folk asking what's the big deal, the person is dead.

Because that's how humans are able to live in very large groups among other very large groups without killing one another.

But large groups usually don't mind killing other large groups if it gets them a benefit.

But you don't even need their physical remains to honor their memory. It's not like anyone cancels the funeral because the body couldn't be found.

Indeed, but the physical remains are treated as holy by religious faith because of the notion that their life continues in one form or another. There is always a service of remembrance, but the treating of physical remains as something more than simply material to return to the Earth has religious undertones - it is treated with a form of sacredness.

[kentonio]

You picked the wrong guy then. Yanks are the current World champions in that sport.

Do I show a lot of respect for American invasions?

[DinoDoc]

What about burning it to generate electricity that powers machines that save lives in a hospital?

It takes more energy to burn a human to ash than you could ever get out of it. In addition to being gross and inappropriate, it is also an inefficient use of resources.

[Dinner]

It takes more energy to burn a human to ash than you could ever get out of it. In addition to being gross and inappropriate, it is also an inefficient use of resources.

Bull. It is an excellent and efficient way to dispose of medical waste which is all this is.

[Serb]

This thread is like a nazi detector.

[DinoDoc]

Bull. It is an excellent and efficient way to dispose of medical waste which is all this is.

Cremating human remains is an efficient means of disposal. It is an inefficient means of power generation. In addition to being abhorrent. I swear most of you people would be happily in line a Soylent Green Restaurant.

[Imran Siddiqui]

atheists

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[Dauphin]

Indeed, but the physical remains are treated as holy by religious faith because of the notion that their life continues in one form or another. There is always a service of remembrance, but the treating of physical remains as something more than simply material to return to the Earth has religious undertones - it is treated with a form of sacredness.

Religious undertones maybe, in my mind it reflects far more that people cope with the tangible (remains) far more easily than the intangible (nothingness).

[Dinner]

I also do not smoke. JUST LIKE HITLER!

Even WORSE... Serb wears shoes... JUST LIKE HITLER!!!!

[Lorizael]

This thread is like a nazi detector.

It's true. A lot of people in this thread have killed 6 million Jews.

[lightblue]

Keep in mind that the aborted foetuses that we are talking about are likely to be only a few centimetres in size. We are not talking about full gestation stillbirths here. What would people suggest? Little matchbox coffins? Human tissue is often incinerated, with the rest of the medical waste at hospitals, and if this heat is used to generate electricity then that is a good thing.

[pchang]

I thought this was going to be about exporting fracking technology to Poland.

[Thoth]

Now you are rapidly moving from a deer to a nazi in my list.

[Thoth]

Taking a liver from the dead to save another life and burning it to earn some $$$ is not the same. I believe transplantation of human organs should be free of charge, but there is a shortage and we are living in a screwed capitalist world. And the people who make money on trading human organs (mostly illegally) are even more immoral in my eyes.

If you are ok with taking organs from corpses in order to save lives, are you also ok with feeding the non-organ bits to the hungry in order to save their lives?

[Dr Strangelove]

The idea of trying to generate energy by burning human bodies is absurd. I don't think you'll get a net gain in energy by burning a human body, it's 50 to 60% water. The amount of energy needed to evaporate off that water is far greater than the energy that might be gained by burning the fats, sugars and proteins. Putting fetuses in a "waste to energy" plant would be counter-productive. As a point of fact, the carbon footprint of cremating a human body is actually greater than that of putting it in a casket and burying it. The "green" way of diposing of human remains is to lay it naked in a hole. ( Or if you're too squeamish put in in a biodegradeable bag first. )

Did these people actually take The Matrix seriously? We're just lucky that they didn't try putting the babies in pods with electrodes strapped to them.

Steven Hawkings is ashamed of you!