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Plan to recycle crematorium heat (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7177384.stm)

A crematorium in Greater Manchester is proposing to recycle the heat generated when its furnaces are cremating people's remains.

Excess heats is produced by special equipment to filter emissions, such as mercury from people's fillings at Dukinfield Crematorium.

Tameside Council believes that this extra heat could be used to warm the crematorium's chapel.

A council spokesman said they would be consulting local people on the plans.

Robin Monk, Tameside Council's head of environmental services, speaking the work of the crematorium said: "We have to use heat exchangers to bring down the temperature of the gases.

"The excess heat would just go up through the chimney into the air. The heat from there could go to top up the boiler system of the chapel."

He added that it was a sensitive issue but 16 local vicars had already given their support to the proposals.

So, a slippery slope toward Soylent Green or just an environmentally sound form of heating?

They're already dead and being burned, I don't see the problem with putting that heat to good use.

Cool, now when I die and am cremated I can help people from beyond the grave. :p

a slippery slope toward Soylent Green or just an environmentally sound form of heating?
I can't see any valid objections to it. Not even the most blinkered of the religious people that I know would have any faith-based objections to doing it, so I'm not surprised that the 16 vicars mentioned in the OP raised no concerns.

In fact, if anything, it seems criminally wasteful not to put the surplus heat to some use.

Urgh,

"Tameside Council believes that this extra heat could be used to warm the crematorium's chapel."

Heated by the dead, yuk.

I see no problem, really.


Also:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/Soylent.jpg

I can't see any valid objections to it. Not even the most blinkered of the religious people that I know would have any faith-based objections to doing it, so I'm not surprised that the 16 vicars mentioned in the OP raised no concerns.

In fact, if anything, it seems criminally wasteful not to put the surplus heat to some use.

Intellectually I agree 100% but having sat in Dukinfield crem for the ritualised burning of a couple of my relatives Im not sure how I'd have felt knowing they were being used to heat the building I was sat in.

We are heated by the dead every day. What exactly do you think oil is?. The only difference, really, is that this is recently dead humans, not ancient dead various animals.

Still they're already dead, and already being burned, so I don't see a problem.

In fact, if anything, it seems criminally wasteful not to put the surplus heat to some use.

To be fair, it would cost a bit to retrofit the heating system to siphon off that excess heat throughout the building, but regardless it's still better than letting it go to waste.

As far as I know, this is one of the big areas developers are looking into for increasing efficiency in all sorts of things. Harnessing the waste heat from things like furnaces, car engines, and power generators is an excellent way to improve efficiency and in some cases output.

Completely unrelated side note: Soylent Green was only made of people in the movie. In the original text it was algae.

We are heated by the dead every day. What exactly do you think oil is?. The only difference, really, is that this is recently dead humans, not ancient dead various animals.

Still they're already dead, and already being burned, so I don't see a problem.

aye, but it's different when the person only just died, or if you knew them i suppose i wouldn't mind but it's still a bit odd, after i die i might heat up a chapel.
I suppose it might be a nice thing too, by being heated by your loved one after they're dead.
But i'll stick with the ick, response.

I see no problem, really.


Also:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/Soylent.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/looonatic/mmm_soylent_green.wav

:)

http://www.boomspeed.com/looonatic/mmm_soylent_green.wav

:)

http://www.wiw.org/~jess/multimedia/sq6_1.mp3 ;)

lol very much.
where the hell did you get that?

It's from the very old computer game Space Quest VI.

http://www.wiw.org/~jess/multimedia/sq6_1.mp3 ;)

lol very much.
where the hell did you get that?

It's like getting a last warm hug. :)