but aquamation does not use fire it uses a process that is 95% water and 5% alkali to gently reduce the body to the mineral remains. the minerals are just like, with flame cremation, that s what s returned to the family in an urn. there s no emissions, mercury isn t released into the air, and it uses less energy. you talk there about the fact that there are no emissions i think it is probably one of the main reasons, obviously, that desmond tutu chose it. is that why a lot of people are using this process now? i think it is a major it s a major driver and a choice. i think that these decisions are very personal, so a lot of things come into play. but either they perceive it to be a better choice for their loved one or for very personal reasons like, you know, dad spent his whole life on the lake, every weekend this just seems like a better fit . but i do think that the environmental, you know, the fact that it has less impact, i think that
guess potentially one of the benefits of desmond tutu using this process is that people will hear about it and it may become more normalised. we are hoinu for become more normalised. we are honing for a become more normalised. we are hoping for a normalisation. - become more normalised. we are hoping for a normalisation. i - hoping for a normalisation. i often deal with witty much every single time i mention what water cremation is someone is what is that? what is that? and you have to talk them through about what the processes by the end result pretty much every single time i ask at the end of the conversation when i have introduced the process, i ask people would you rather choose what cremation over flame cremation and the answer is pretty much always a resounding yes. and to put it simply, if you are recycling every single day, if you are driving electric, if you are doing whatever you can to reduce carbon emissions and your output onto the world, there is no reason not to choose
and for his body to be aquamated. it s not a term that many of us are familiar with, so what is aquamation? i ve been speaking to samantha sieber. she s a biologist, and her father was one of the founders of the aquamation process. she explained how it worked. aquamation is an alternative to burial and cremation, a choice that families have. very similar end result to cremation, where the family receives an urn. anything that you can do with cremation ashes, you can do with ashes from aquamation. but aquamation does not use fire it uses a process that is 95% water and 5% alkali to gently reduce the body to the mineral remains. the minerals are just like, with flame cremation, that s what s returned to the family in an urn. there s no emissions, mercury isn t released into the air, and it uses less energy. you talk there about the fact that there are no emissions i think it is probably one of the main reasons, obviously, that desmond tutu chose it. is that why a lot of people
if there are pacemakers or devices inside the body, that s producing methane and other gases that are really harmful to the environment as well. it uses a lot of natural fuel you re using propane to, you know, burn grandma in a furnace. what we are doing here is we re using a gentle solution of water, a bit of heat and a bit of alkali which acts as a catalyst for the water to do its job a bit faster and, as i said, no emissions and 10% of the fuel use with flame cremation. it is a very innovative new process, though, and, iguess, regulation therefore is something that needs to catch up with that innovation. yeah, regulation has been a bit slow, in the us especially. right now, it s legal in 23 states, which is, you know, phenomenal. california legalised it last year. we re hoping texas, you know, follows through with a legalisation hopefully this year, now that 2022 has begun. what s a shame, though, is that, you know, countries like the uk and, you know, other countries in europ
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