"Nature doesn't care about you so we should be indifferent to human impact on nature. No I don't need to research that. I just know, bro."

I wish every moron who sees himself as seperate from nature the ability to become extinct first, if they are so eager to destroy everyone's only life raft.

"Extinction is a part of nature!" Ok, you first then, asshole.

Do right-wingers think environmentalists don't know nature can be fucked up? We know better than anyone, that's why we know that we need to be careful what we mess with or we're fucked

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as a fellow ecologist, I try to ignore the semantic games of CHUDs when they blather on with whatever frame the latest corporate propaganda introduced to them.
I try to focus my attention on something tangible like, what the local soils and climate are like, and how if I had to compost their body, what carbon rich plant material is abundant nearby and easily sourced (straw, wood chips, etc) and then estimate how much I might need, where i might put it, and a layering/aerating strategy such that all that would be left of them 60-90 days later would be some teeth and maybe a cubic meter or so of rich compost.
because that would be the sum total of their positive contribution to the biosphere, and I try to stay positive.
- Wow, can their bones really break down that fast?
  
  I'm cutting it real tight because I like to think can push a pile better than anyone who has ever dared to dream, but realistically for best practices it's more like 7-8 months
  CW: animal ag, but no pics. https://extension.umn.edu/preparing-livestock-emergencies/composting-livestock-and-poultry-carcasses#time-requirements-2224810
- Arent humans bodies usually not good improvement matters for soil quality due to the stomach acids or something? I know it was something, since "tree burials" have become very popular in my country.
  
  the most significant contaminant is going to be probably some shit like heavy metal accumulation, because humans live a long time and can't excrete them out easily. but unless you're talking about like a shitload of people who all had like crazy lead exposure, it probably isn't something to worry about unless you want to use them to fertilize a space for a shitload of leafy greens to eat.
  like I wouldn't plant something right into a dead body and expect it to thrive, because all of that complex tissue needs to be decomposed and broken down into plant-available fertility. but decomposition processes can be accelerated through the introduction of free air flow (available oxygen to keep the process aerobic) and an ideal temperature range for thermophilic microbial metabolic processes which I something like 135-160°F (40-60°C).
  so you need a big soil thermometer and either a lot of stamina/strong back, or a front end loader to "turn" the pile when it gets too hot or too cool after you've let it cook for a few weeks to get going. the microbes supply the heat. it'll be a lot slower in truly arid climates.
  there are calculators for composting various plant materials and animal carcasses. just exchange fascist for swine carcasses. the mature weights and general composition ratios are about the same.
  nature recycles everything* it makes!
  (* eventually, lignin I'm looking at you)

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