Reddit reviews Lab-Grade Potassium Chloride, 500g - The Curated Chemical Collection
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500g bottle of potassium chlorideLab-grade material for lab and research useUsed as a common saltPerfect for use in any chemistry lab or classroomInstructions for safe storage printed on the bottle - MSDS available upon request
No matter how bad things get there will always be 2 things that you can trust: physics and economics.
> Not so long ago I read about a project somewhere in the world of creating collective graves of people to save space.
Why though? We will have less space for bodies. But that will simply raise the cost of burials. Cremations are already popular for economic reasons. Cremations will become more popular long before we "run out" of space.
> but also devalue the value of life
The value of life has been steadily increasing across almost all of human history. Unalienable rights. Banning slavery. The falling birth rate and the ever increasing effort we put towards raising children. The death sentence is on the way out. Universal healthcare has entered the world stage. But the past can't always predict the future. Who knows what the next 100 years will bring.
> the recycling of human beings for energy or food. Probably energy first.
Okay no. There is no energy associated with the human body. We are 70% water and there is no energy in water. The rest of us is salt and calcium and iron. There is no energy there either.
Do we use cows or pigs for energy? Sure 100 years ago we used horses and mules but that was from physical labor and they needed to be alive for that. A $200 solar panel can easily produce just as much energy as a human laborer and doesn't need food.
> wouldn't it be conceivable that if they die in the streets someone would pick them up and bring them to an incinerator?
Well no. 1st they'd go to a morgue. Cause of death, contact family. Then the family would likely take them to an incinerator because cremations are only going to get more popular over time. But cremation requires energy.
> those subjects would be diverted towards a food processing plant instead.
Generally speaking you don't eat animals that have died of disease or old age. It might be "free" but the quality would be terrible. There is more livestock than people so it isn't like we have a need for it either.
Now if you lived on a space station and humans were the only form of mammal within a million miles.... even then no. Your water would be reclaimed but it probably won't be worth the trouble of separating out all the other minerals.
> The body itself is valuable for medicinal purposes. It could be sold to a facility that then processes what it can for research/transplants/other purposes and then recycles the rest as energy.
Organ donation already exists. And so does donating your body to science. There is no energy to recycle. What you describe is the status quo.
> You could gift this money to your loved ones or pay someone to kill that person you always hated.
Ignoring the idea that murder and taking out contracts both suddenly become legal that doesn't make any economic sense.
> Most valuable is Potassium at ca 100 USD per body.
Wat. Look at this. There is only 140 grams of potassium in there. Here is KCl. About 53% or 260 grams of potassium in there. And it is $30. The 140 grams in a body would be $16. And this is small quantities from amazon. A bulk chemical supplier would have it for 5x cheaper.
> 45 million USD according to the Wired article, if all of it is in tip top condition.
It is also presuming that human organ selling suddenly becomes legal and black market prices don't crash. Either it will stay illegal and you won't be able to do it or it becomes legal and everyone does it and devalues the market.
But the price of organs has no bearing on the value of human life. The mineral content of a human body is only like $40 worth of minerals. We value human life as much more than the sum of its parts.