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[Malyse]

On Sunday, California Governor Jerry Brown passed AB 967, an innocuously named bill for a not-so-innocuous law. The bill, proposed by assembly member Todd Gloria, a San Diego democrat, will make it legal for Californians to liquefy their corpses after death in a bath of caustic juice.

The process, referred to as water cremation (or aquamation, resomation, bio-cremation, or flameless cremation), has been proposed as a much more environmentally friendly way to dispose of a body after death. The bill is sponsored by Qico, Inc., a “sustainable cremation” company that specializes in this form of corpse disposal, and it will go into effect by at least July 1, 2020.

“A lot of people view water creation as a more respectful option and we’re glad a lot of people will be able to have it,” Jack Ingraham, the CEO of Qico, tells Inverse. “We think this is a trend for the future. I think within 10 years to 20 years, cremation will be thought of as a water-based process, and the entire flame process will be replaced.”

Unfortunately, no actual liquid is returned to the survivors, only the remaining calcium, or the bones. “These are crushed into the ashes returned to the family,” Ingraham says, who adds that the process also results in about 20-30 percent more “ashes” being returned to the family. So while you can’t drink Uncle Frank, you will get more of his ashes.

These days, the only mainstream options available are burial or cremation, both of which aren’t especially green; coffins take up a lot of valuable space and are made of slowly biodegrading wood, and cremation requires reaching temperatures of up to 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, which isn’t exactly energy efficient. Then there’s the option of sending a dead body to space in a rocket, which is not green, for obvious reasons.
Aquamation, in contrast, dissolves a body, DNA and all, in a vat of liquid into a relatively unharmful solution of slightly alkaline water that can be neutralized and returned to the Earth. California is the latest state to make the procedure legal, joining 14 others.

https://www.inverse.com/article/37446-aquamation-water-burial-california

Ah, if only California wasn't so expensive to live in.
And sunny.

 

[Domino Theory]

 

[Slayven]

I assume it is like cremation only trained people are allowed to do it.

 

[The Living Tribunal]

Edit: I see, it's friendly to the environment, sign me in.

 

[DorkLord54]

No "Liquefy me if old"?

I'm disappointed in you, OP. Now go to your room and think about what you've done.

 

[Zubz]

Oh! I hate how much waste a human body causes; I'd love to do something like this when I pass!

 

[Log4Girlz]

Reading this article sure made me thirsty

 

[BadHand]

I assume it is like cremation only trained people are allowed to do it.

Given you can’t push a broom around these days without receiving specialized training first... I’d say you are probably right that only trained people can dissolve corpses in massive acid baths.

 

[SpartanN92]

 

[Lowmelody]

About time.

 

[Stinkles]

Amazing first post

 

[Teh Lurv]

So burial by hot tub?

 

[ionitron]

Seems good. I assume a big reason for cremation is to keep the ashes, and this does that but not only more efficient in terms of the amount of ash you get, but also in terms of energy consumption.

Strange, but I'll take it.

Better for the environment. Made pretty clear, lol.

 

[Volimar]

Mexican drug gangs been undertakers for years.

 

[FUME5]

Seems fine to me, cut out whatever usable organs I have and then melt me down into soylent green.

 

[Neece]

Could become a home based business.

 

[CarlisleDavid1979]

Hopefully not in a ceramic bathtub.

 

[Johndoey]

Taste test?

 

[Zombie James]

Second sentence:

The process, referred to as water cremation (or aquamation, resomation, bio-cremation, or flameless cremation), has been proposed as a much more environmentally friendly way to dispose of a body after death.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Could become a home based business.

Yeah! Science, bitch!

 

[SeroTyler]

 

[itwasTuesday]

I got a Vitamix.

Tell me how I can help.

 

[Citizen Mane]

So instead of scattering someone's ashes I guess now you'll just be dumping their goop.

 

[Volimar]

 

[Dynomutt]

I assume it is like cremation only trained people are allowed to do it.

Keepsake Lava Lamps incoming...

"That's a cool Lava Lamp..."
"Yup....that's my Nana!"

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

So instead of scattering someone's ashes I guess now you'll just be dumping their goop.

Gives new meaning to the term "getting bodied".

 

[The Kree]

There's gonna be cults built around drinking dead people.

 

[Ovid]

First thing I thought about was The Matrix "battery" scene.

 

[darklin0]

Keepsake Lava Lamps incoming...

"That's a cool Lava Lamp..."
"Yup....that's my Nana!"

Not gonna lie, that sounds cool as hell.

Sing me up.

 

[Syriel]

I assume it is like cremation only trained people are allowed to do it.

 

[Currygan]

imagining some Dexter circa s4 midboss keeping a cellar full of bottled corpses

 

[Slayven]

You are too young to be making that joke

 

[Lowmelody]

I'm dying!

 

[Cat Party]

Lmao

 

[Instro]

So instead of scattering someone's ashes I guess now you'll just be dumping their goop.

Keepsake Lava Lamps incoming...

"That's a cool Lava Lamp..."
"Yup....that's my Nana!"

There's gonna be cults built around drinking dead people.

I know you folks are joking, but fyi the article mentions that you still end up with "ashes" anyway. They take the leftover bones and pulverize them basically.

 

[Ovid]

That chocolate Soylent is the bomb.

 

[Stoop Man]

I know you folks are joking, but fyi the article mentions that you still end up with "ashes" anyway. They take the leftover bones and pulverize them basically.

Yuck, I prefer pulp-free.

 

[FOOTE]

https://i.imgur.com/idW1Uw5.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]

OMG haha

 

[wenis]

that's dope. I'm in. Then they can still press my bones into an LP mixtape that I'm still working on. Winners all around.

 

[HStallion]

Rendering plants beat you to it.

 

[DrSlek]

At my funeral I demand to be used in water baloons and water pistols.

 

[robochimp]

So instead of scattering someone's ashes I guess now you'll just be dumping their goop.

Let's read guys. The bones are left, ground up and given back to the family as "ashes".

 

[Dead Prince]

what if they die during liquify?

 

[Syriel]

You are too young to be making that joke

You've obviously mistaken me for someone else.

 

[Beartruck]

Well, my week's about to get busier.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

That chocolate Soylent is the bomb.

Yes, it is. The vanilla, on the other hand, tastes like liquified dead people.

 

[Violet_0]

do I have to, like, notefy anyone before I liquefy a body, and if so, do I need to specify how I came into possession of said body? Thanks in advance you're really helping me out here

 

[Lowmelody]

do I have to, like, notefy anyone before I liquefy a body, and if so, do I need to specify how I came into possession of said body? Thanks in advance you're really helping me out here

There are body liquefaction stamps you have to buy but no one ever does.

 

[Jacob]

California death certificate, c. 2020:

 

[louiedog]

Only rain down the drain. No corpses.