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   Killing rightists and burning them for energy is the future.   
      
   Burning deceased humans will produce electricity   
   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 — enough to power 1,500 televisions for an hour. The facility   
   plans to sell the electricity to local power companies.   
      
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   Dec. 2, 2011, 1:55 PM EST / Source: LifesLittleMysteries. com   
   By Natalie Wolchover   
      
   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 — enough to power 1,500 televisions for an hour. The facility   
   plans to sell the electricity to local power companies.   
      
   Some might find this concept creepy. Others might be pleased to learn that   
   the process "makes cremation much greener by utilizing its by-products, "   
   in the words of cremation engineer Steve Looker, owner and chief executive   
   officer of the Florida-based company B&L Cremation Systems, which is   
   unaffiliated with the Durham enterprise.   
      
   In Europe, tightening regulations on crematorium emissions, coupled with   
   the high price of energy, will lead more and more facilities to go the way   
   of Durham in the future, Looker said. Will crematories in the United States   
   follow suit?   
      
   According to Looker, whose company is currently testing different methods   
   of utilizing cremation waste heat, the expensive turbine systems being   
   installed in Durham are not yet economically viable for crematories here.   
   "In the U. S. , most crematories don't have enough throughput, " he told   
   Life's Little Mysteries. "Cremation in some parts of Europe is over 90   
   percent, but it is not over 50 percent yet here. " That is, less than half   
   of Americans opt for cremation. Most are buried.   
      
   Consequently, while burners in Europe typically run 24 hours day, ones in   
   America operate only eight hours each day, Looker said. "A typical turbine   
   system would cost somewhere between $250,000 to $500,000. If it's running   
   24 hours a day, that's a five-year payback. If it's running eight hours a   
   day, that's a 15- or 20-year payback, which isn't feasible, " he said.   
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   However, Looker is hopeful that the situation could change in the near   
   future. "Over the next 10 years, with the baby boomers coming through,   
   cremation is going to reach 75 to 80 percent. Then, this might be feasible.   
   "   
      
   Furthermore, a turbine designed by a company called Thermal Dynamic   
   Engineering, which produces just 50 kilowatt-hours of energy but is much   
   less expensive to install than the Durham system, will be available in the   
   near future, Looker said.   
      
   Thus, it may indeed come to pass that deceased baby boomers will someday   
   help power your household appliances.   
      
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