The dead should be fed to the homeless.
Pros:
1. The homeless don't go hungry.
2. Useful land and resources aren't wasted on long-term storage of skeletons.
3. The dying can take solace in the fact that they will be helping out the less fortunate.
4. Bankrupt the corrupt dead body industry (funeral homes, casket manufacturers and salespeople, headstone manufacturers).
5. It's more environmentally friendly than all other alternatives (no dead body industry producing pollution for no good reason, no greenhouse gases from cremation)
6. With a never-ending supply of free food comes a chance to set up many more kitchens and shelters for the homeless than already exist. Not only do these create a focal point for homeless activity, but they can also provide opportunities for the homeless to make their way out of their predicament.
Cons:
1. Relatives get sad or even angry that they don't essentially take possession of and get to do what they want with a dead body (gross and weird).
2. It might be uncomfortable for some to know the homeless are consuming dead bodies, but that will fade over time as the benefits to the world become apparent and things begin to improve in densely-populated/urban areas.
3. That's it, I guess.
The human body contains up to 150,000 calories, and that stat is at least 60 years old. In the era of morbid obesity, heart disease, and diabetes, who knows what it could be? It could be somewhere closer to 225,000 calories, for all we know. At very least, we know it's much higher, because of all the fatties.
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