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
