UK: Minister praises plan to heat swimming pool from fires of crematorium

[tpfkaw]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9101874/Minister-praises-plan-to-heat-swimming-pool-from-fires-of-crematorium.html

"A money-saving plan to heat a swimming pool with energy from the cremation of dead bodies has been backed by a senior Government minister."

[Redalgo]

Use human remains to keep the pool warm?

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Brilliant! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

[danny]

Sounds like a good idea, I don't see any problem.

[You kip if you want to...]

Just when I thought this government couldn't get more bizarrely out of touch.

[J. J.]

Unusual, but I don't see anything wrong with it.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Bizarre, but I could actually see some people for whom such a combination would be appealing on non-economic grounds alone.

[Platypus]

I'm not sure where the problem is here...

[John Dibble]

I don't have a particular problem with the notion - maximizing energy efficiency is a worthwhile goal. However, I have to wonder about the engineering that would be behind this. I doubt the crematorium is running their furnaces 24/7, so it couldn't possibly be the only heat used.

[bore]

I'm as eager as the next man to bash the coalition but I really can't see any problem here.

[tpfkaw]

I don't find it problematic, I just thought it was an amusing headline.

[Silent Hunter]

I don't find it problematic, I just thought it was an amusing headline.

Some might find it a tad disturbing.

[MaxQue]

I don't find it problematic, I just thought it was an amusing headline.

Some might find it a tad disturbing.

So? That kind of thing will have to become more common, for economical and ecological reasons.