February 9, 2015 when a news in The New York Times stated that the British government are planning to heat the community swimming pools through the energy from a crematorium.
The council members in Redditch, U.K. come up with this idea. According to them, the wasted heat from the crematory's incinerator will be diverted to the swimming pool next to the crematorium. In short, they want to keep the pool warm by using the body of the dead, scalding dead body, to be specific.
"I don't know how comfortable people would feel about the swimming pool being heated due to the death of a loved one, I think it's a bit strange and eerie," said Simon Thomas, a funeral director.
Another opinion given by Roger McKenzie, regional secretary for Unison, largest public sector union of Britain, said that this plan is “sick and an insult to local residents.”
On the other hand, the council said that this idea can save 14,500 British pounds (more than $22,000) every year.
Perhaps, if this idea will be approved, maybe, the people must think that it will be the same idea of donating an organ from a the dead. Isn't it good to think that even the cold dead body can still give warmth?
Source: The New York Times
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