Sunday, March 25, 2012

Dead bodies creating electricity?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45526347/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.Ttx09GMr2nA
In Durham, England they will soon be using corpses to generate electricity. By installing turbines in the burners of a crematorium, will convert wast heat from the combustion of the bodies into as much as 150 kilowatt hours of juice. Which is enough to power 1,500 televisions for an hour. Which could make the crematoriums more green, but the costs for the turbines anywhere between $250,000 to $500,000. This could happen to a lot more crematoriums in the near future.

This is just another way to help use our electricity. I don't see anything wrong with it. The bodies are being burned anyway, might as well get more out of it. Some might find it creepy that their deceased loved ones are help powering their electronics, but could be used a lot more in the future.

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