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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jan 10, 2008, at 7:06 AM, VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:

> Rather than reuse graves after 15 years, it seems a
> better way is cremation.

Cremation was my plan for a long time. If one has access to sufficient  
land, I think it makes more sense to just wrap the corpse in a sheet,  
put it in the bottom of a hole, cover it up and plant a tree. Some  
would say why waste a sheet.

It takes a lot of energy to cook a body down to dust.