Cremains as a Gas Additive

Car Talk is both a nationally syndicated radio program and a website designed for car enthusiasts.  During a recent program, they discussed whether cremains could be used as a gas additive to carry out a listener’s body disposition instructions. 

The response was something like this, “Ashes in gas likely would clog the fuel filter first. Those ashes not trapped by the filter then would likely plug up the fuel injectors.”

To read more about this possibility, see Neil E. Hendershot, Cremation, “Car Talk” Style, PA Elder, Estate & Fiduciary Law Blog, March 26, 2007.