This reminded me of some tech I read about over a decade ago where scientists used some kind of organic material to 3D-print the structure of an organ, then draw the right kind of cells plus a person’s stem cells (from marrow IIRC) and spray a mix of them onto the structure, resulting in a new organ made from the person’s own cells. I haven’t heard anything more about it for quite a while.
Same here. I think from all we take from earth there should be something we give back to it in death other than a chemically stuffed body so far down nothing really uses it. I like the compost idea. But I think I still like inoculating my body with fungi and bacteria. Breakdown and get used.
Body becomes nutrients for nematodes, bacteria and fungi. Nutrients gets absorbed into trees to help with foliage which caterpillars eat which birds eat. Or seeds that become new trees. Like we breath out our last breath and our sprint is blended back into the wind and the body goes back into the earth and earthlings.
The fungi and bacteria that count are those from soil. The bacteria within the body are enough to do most of the decomposing while the soil bacteria and fungi take the last step.
Of course, burial helps sequester carbon and gives you carbon credits when you fly away, Oh glory!
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No. They are from what’s blended into the cloth.
With regards to organ transplants, I am a “vegetarian.” It just seems to turn people into too much of a commodity. So, it bothers me, the way eating meat bothers vegetarians. But… no judgements on anybody who want to “eat meat” is implied. I just choose not to.
My point was that you don’t need to add the critical organisms, i.e. the soil bacteria and fungi – just toss in a little good soil.
Depends on where you are buried and what is the practice of maintaining the grounds. What are the laws for where you are buried and what fungi are you going for which can also change the type of sawdust blended in and so on.
But yes, into everyone knows a dead body will decompose all on its own.