Monday, December 5, 2011

Crematorium will sell electricity generated from the burning of human bodies

In Durham, England, corpses will soon be used to generate electricity. A crematorium is installing turbines in its burners that will convert waste heat from the combustion of each corpse into as much as 150 kilowatt-hours of juice.

The facility plans to sell the electricity to local power companies.

Full story here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45526347/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/burning-deceased-humans-will-produce-electricity/?

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