It's not an acid bath. It's an alkaline bath:
When it comes to putting loved ones in their final resting places, our choice has long been whether to bury a body or cremate it. But a third option has been gaining attention recently: Alkaline hydrolysis, which involves dissolving a body in a liquid solution. The process leaves behind bones that can be ground into ash using much less energy than cremation. Though it sounds a bit gruesome, the approach offers many benefits. "This by far is the most environmentally friendly choice" Dean Fisher, director of the Donated Body Program at UCLA told Wired.
[...] Having a body cremated may seem like a sustainable burial, but in most cases it's not great for the environment. In cremation, everything is burned into ash, including bone and medical implants. That can lead to the release of harmful pollutants. In the UK, for instance, cremation contributes to 16% of all mercury pollution. And as The Atlantic has reported, cremation takes about two SUV-tanks worth of gas to cremate a single body. Alkaline hydrolysis, on the other hand, requires only an eighth of that energy, Gizmodo reports.
Also at Here & Now (4:45 audio).
California: AB-967 Human remains disposal: alkaline hydrolysis: licensure and regulation.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday August 26 2017, @11:12PM (2 children)
The high rise structures become unsafe with too many such structural additions and it becomes quickly too expensive to start new big projects only to have enough disposal space.
They still use concrete, but only just enough for a quick descent to a level where a dialogue with fishes become possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday August 27 2017, @01:41PM (1 child)
Don't worry about structural integrity, the concrete is already mixed with too much sand.
Account abandoned.
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Sunday August 27 2017, @01:56PM
Even so, using cement in excess when only half a sack will do is a waste.
The conscious mobster will save the money for hookers and blackjack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford