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UK firm develops jet fuel made from human poo | The starting material is generated in excess and available in plenty. It is a win-win for everyone that the waste is repurposed. (interestingengineering.com)
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UK firm develops jet fuel made from human poo | The starting material is generated in excess and available in plenty. It is a win-win for everyone that the waste is repurposed.::undefined

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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now, let’s talk about the efficacy of converting human remains and the price of cemetery plots…

I mean seriously but yes crematoriums should be hooked up to district heating, apparently they don't even use much energy if you operate them right. There's a slow-burning trend in Germany to move from traditional cemeteries to dedicated forest plots: First you get cremated, then put in a biodegradable urn, then buried under a specific tree. Unmarked, but it's in a register somewhere so next of kin can find it.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I'm thinking a step past cremation, where oil and solid fertilizer is produced. So harvest the oil and fill that urn with the non-hydrocarbon solids, and go from there.