BNW Ch 5: We are the World?

"On their way up the chimney the gasses go through four separate treatments. P2O5 used to go right out of circulation every time they cremated someone. Now they recover over ninety-eight per cent of it." (Huxley 73)

Using advanced technology, we can assist the environment even when we die. Phosphorous that used to become smog and pollution from cremations and factories can be concentrated, extracted, and used for fertilizer. The fertilizer can be used to feed plants that humans will eventually eat, completing the phosphorous cycle. As the dominant species of planet earth, we have a responsibility to take care of the damage we cause. Our cities and metropolises destroy large quantities of land that plants used to occupy, so the least we could do is give back their phosphorous when we are done using it.