juvenal Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/24/crematorium-heat-swimming-pool-redditch Sustainable green solution - or very creepy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Sounds like a good plan to me. Not sure about the token 'global warming' angle - but I imagine they use that as an extra sales pitch. I just think the general idea makes sense - from a simple common sense point of view. If you agree to be cremated then why would you have a problem with your heat being used ?! Who gives a ****** !! When I am dead and someone wants to use me for heat to boil up some bovril - fire away. I will be dead and wont really give a ****** !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Bear Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/24/crematorium-heat-swimming-pool-redditch Sustainable green solution - or very creepy? Brilliant. Should be glad to think of anyone having a nice warm swim courtesy of my carcass. Waste not want not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R K Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Great idea, but, pardon me for questioning a sustainable use of our deceased brothers and sisters. In order to save £14,500 a year, the article is eerily quiet on how much the conversion will cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think they got stiffed on the leccy bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think they got stiffed on the leccy bill. Perhaps they got their fingers burnt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Perhaps they got their fingers burnt? lets make no bones about it, its a scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griptool Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 lets make no bones about it, its a scheme. The pool manager was ashen faced when she heard the news and was quoted in the local press "These cut backs are making my blood boil, It'll go ahead over my dead body!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 The furnace bloke will urn well out of it, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 At least they're not powering the jacuuzzi by throwing the epileptics in and flashing a torch in their eyes. ;-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzy Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Logic says yes, sentiment says no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 At least they're not powering the jacuuzzi by throwing the epileptics in and flashing a torch in their eyes. ;-/ is it wrong for me to have laughed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 is it wrong for me to have laughed? yes, it was...very wrong...a torch has sharp edges and the epileptics could easily injure themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosh Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 At least they're not powering the jacuuzzi by throwing the epileptics in and flashing a torch in their eyes. ;-/ Actually they could use the gases of the burning corpses to create bubbles but the smell may put some off. If they have a back log of cremations they could throw a few stiffs in the pool for childrens fun hour on saturday . Save a fortune and the enviroment avoiding expensive Foam and plastic floaties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I wonder if the water will be body temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Not got a problem with it...I think it is a good use of otherwise wasted energy.....saves money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Not got a problem with it...I think it is a good use of otherwise wasted energy.....saves money. careful of the pasties in the snack bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 careful of the pasties in the snack bar. ...my preference would be the smoked bacon sarnie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corevalue Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hope they're not using a condensing boiler. IIRC, it takes a lot of heat to cremate bodies, cremation kilns are usually gas fired. Sounds a sensible if macabre idea to use the waste heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hope they're not using a condensing boiler. IIRC, it takes a lot of heat to cremate bodies, cremation kilns are usually gas fired. Sounds a sensible if macabre idea to use the waste heat. Sounds like there may be an opportunity here for a low-outlay smoked salmon/kipper operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Sounds like there may be an opportunity here for a low-outlay smoked salmon/kipper operation. Or for joining baptisms for the Skull and Bones Elite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 IIRC, it takes a lot of heat to cremate bodies, cremation kilns are usually gas fired. Sounds a sensible if macabre idea to use the waste heat. I am suprised it's not been done before... Think I have discussed it in past with a funeral director... I don't see how it's macabre though - any more than organ donation is macabre! *You're wearing a dead man's kidney you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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