I wish this worked on foxes at night, but it doesn't seem to. Foxes at night make noises like a baby being stabbed repeatedly, and it's pretty disturbing. When I first moved to my current house and heard this, I had no fucking idea what it was and it freaked the shit out of me. It still grabs my attention whenever they're around, which fortunately isn't every night.

This was about 15 yeara ago. It was the type that made several stops in each small town. The rails looked like normal metal tracks. it could brake, accelerate, and roll by silently.
The building I was in was 30 meters from the tracks and I could not hear the train at all, which was insane to me because the trains sometimes screech so loud the passengers cant talk to eachother in america...

Nowadays they don't do that anymore. They've learned their lesson and use not wanting to displace people by buying right-of-way as an excuse to refuse to install transit or bike infrastructure. Progress! /s

Sounds like it still uses energy to dispose of the body. I appreciate the recommendation. I still expect ocean-dumping to be more energy efficient. Especially if the people depositing my body use a sailboat. I only did a cursory search, so I'm happy to be corrected if I'm getting that wrong.

I've read about this before, but it seems pretty expensive.

AFAIK, cremains are inorganic and don't nourish anything

Beware, human bodies are often full of medicine that might be toxic to wildlife or fish.

A rite where human remains are eaten by vultures is partly the reason why vultures in India are close to extinction (together with the same medicines being used in livestock that the vultures also feed on).

Cemeteries act like parks in that they drastically improve the cooling of cities. Plus they act like a small wildlife resort for some animals (like birds and squirrels) because there is much reduced foot traffic compared to parks, usually more trees and less noise.

Besides, cemeteries are useful for society because they allow family members to grief and remember which I'm fairly certain is beneficial for mental health.

My personal idea is human composting combined with tree planting (if that material is suitable for it).

Each tree planted for the deceased, growing (partially) from their remains. Should be good enough of a memory for the bereaved, and you'll get people taking care of the planted trees, instead of some stones.

I think the one good thing trump has done in his entire life is to bury his ex-wife on his golf course. Golf is already a phenomenal waste of land, might as well bury people there too.

I'm pretty sure the cemeteries around where I live (at least the old public ones) are parks, technically. It's just that they don't really have recreational amenities, so people don't have much reason to visit them.

(The notable local exception is Oakland Cemetery which is historically-important enough to be managed by a foundation that puts on events and stuff.)

the cemetery near me has pivoted to more park-like sections where you just have a bunch of headstones in a circle without the actual body (afaik), muuuuuuch more compact and interesting.

Hot take: end all burials, mandatory organ donation. No their religious or cultural reason does not matter more than anyone's life.

Honestly the state of NIMBYism these days genuinely wouldn't allow my brain jump to that conclusion

One of my favourite news name incidents was during the fuel shortages a few years back. BBC (or maybe Sky) News sent a reporter called Phil McCann to report from outside a petrol station