UK Swimming Pool To Be Heated Via Crematorium

[Patranus]

Heating a big sports arena can be an expensive proposition, even in a warm climate like Dallas, home of this weekend’s Super Bowl XLV. But with electricity and natural gas prices on the rise, how can a cash-strapped town afford to heat game courts and swimming pools?

One town in the United Kingdom has a rather unique idea: to heat the public swimming pool and sports complex with the excess heat from the crematorium next door.

http://blogs.forbes.com/eco-nomics/...to-power-stadium-with-power-from-crematorium/

So the question of the day is would you swim in a pool heated by dead people?

 

[bfdd]

yes i would, when they die they are just a resource like anything else. better to use the matter productively than just throw it away for the dogs to chew on.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Why let that all that heat go to waste? Going to catch a zombie plague from it?

That being said, I doubt anyone would want to go outside of ATOT.

 

[OCGuy]

Be careful of the hotdogs at the sports complex....

 

[ShawnD1]

http://blogs.forbes.com/eco-nomics/...to-power-stadium-with-power-from-crematorium/

So the question of the day is would you swim in a pool heated by dead people?

Misleading thread is misleading, and a thread.

Humans contain so much water that burning them consumes energy. That means the pool is actually heated with natural gas. OMG POOL IS HEATED BY NATURAL GAS. News at 11 :hmm:

 

[bfdd]

Misleading thread is misleading, and a thread.

Humans contain so much water that burning them consumes energy. That means the pool is actually heated with natural gas. OMG POOL IS HEATED BY NATURAL GAS. News at 11 :hmm:

Couldn't we put the bodies into a jar with some rice to remove all the moisture before burning them?

 

[OutHouse]

Misleading thread is misleading, and a thread.

Humans contain so much water that burning them consumes energy. That means the pool is actually heated with natural gas. OMG POOL IS HEATED BY NATURAL GAS. News at 11 :hmm:

thats what i was thinking as well.

never the less, its still creepy.

 

[IronWing]

This could add a whole new dimension to the Mormon baptism for the dead thing.

 

[OCGuy]

Hmmm...next will be cars powered by the dead.....

We will finally have a reason to invade Africa for energy...

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Couldn't we put the bodies into a jar with some rice to remove all the moisture before burning them?

As long as it's the cheap stuff and not Arborio rice, then sure. :sneaky:

Edit >> Of course, if you do use Arborio, it will be fine after cooking...

 

[ShawnD1]

Couldn't we put the bodies into a jar with some rice to remove all the moisture before burning them?

Sure. You're going to eventually cook that rice anyway.

 

[ravana]

(Heated) Swimming Pool is People!

 

[Murloc]

creepy, but you're just using the waste heat, not heat generated by burnt bodies.

 

[WelshBloke]

creepy, but you're just using the waste heat, not heat generated by burnt bodies.

Would it matter anyway?

Its not like they are using them to power a BBQ. :hmm: