Re: [Paddlewise] The Environmental-Friendly Viking Funeral

Why doesn't Craig just let his buddies let his boat-body seal-land onto a 
Hawaiian reef with a volcanic flow? Voila, incineration done. Blaze of 
glory. Carbon neutral footprint.

DL


> Craig said:
>
>>I'm sure there are other ideas out there. This is all I could come up 
>>with
>>on one cup of coffee. And yes, I do realize that some of these might  not 
>>be
>>so environmentally friendly. But it's early. I'm thinking that the 
>>P'wiser
>>group can come up with more and better.
>
> If you want environmentally friendly, you want solar.  Get a hundred  of 
> your
> best kayaking buddies to gather on the water around you and your  boat. 
> Each
> of your buddies is holding a large but light-weight mirror  which they use 
> to
> focus the sunlight on you, the person of honor, until you  and your boat 
> are
> completely incinerated.  I know this would work because I  saw it on
> Mythbusters!  Coming up with a good kayak formation that  optimizes the 
> energy at the
> focal point I will leave as an exercise for the  physicists in the 
> audience.
>
> Mark Goff
> Hampden, Maine
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