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Letter: Blue-green funerals

Published 28 July 2010

From Max Reid

Helen Knight reports on options for eco-friendly funerals, but those mentioned are high-tech and energy intensive (12 June, p 8). A simpler solution is burial at sea. An ethically acceptable method would have to be found to allow for large numbers, but the principle was used successfully in the UK’s Royal Navy for centuries.

One distinct advantage would be the laying down of a source of oil for whatever species roams the Earth in a few million years time.

Ilford, Essex, UK

Issue no. 2771 published 31 July 2010

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