» Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:55 am
Actually, thinking about it and taking some of the 50s mindstate, it's all probably taken care of by technology.
Air is probably processed through machines to turn CO2 into O2, the access carbon than used to aid in food production.
Water is run through the water chip (FO1 reference).
Bodies are recycled, probably heated to the point that they seem to be incinerated so that all the moisture is baked out of them, then everything that's left is processed and turned into raw materials to be used in other stuff.
In that situation, what would people call it? probably incinerated, or cremated, they almost definately wouldn't just say "yeah, i'm recycling dad". And the overseer would probably foster a belief that they are actually being creamated.