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cradle-to-grave

Being energy efficient, after you’re dead

November 17, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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Cremation is popular these days for those who have kicked the bucket. In Canada, only 3 per cent of the population got cremated 50 years ago, while today that number has ballooned to more than 55 per cent. But here’s a shocker for the conservation-minded: The amount of natural gas and electricity used to cremate one body is the... [read more]