The municipality of Redditch, UK, has raised the possibility of heating a public indoor swimming pool using the heat from a crematorium next door. Through a pipeline that would connect the sports facility with crematorium, the heat from the furnace would result in the ducts near water heaters, according to The Guardian.
The ecological measure, which aims to save energy and almost 20,000 euros a year according to the makers of the proposal generated debate since many consider it "grotesque and insensitive."
The choice between a feasible proposition but questionable ethics is dividing religious groups, funeral homes, project managers and the public. The mayor, Carole Gandy said in an interview to British newspaper The Guardian said that, despite being just a proposal at the moment, the idea is very positive, as well as improve the performance of the pool will not change at all the services provided by the funeral home.
However, Roger McKenzie, secretary of Unison (the largest union group in the country), has considered the proposal as an "insult to residents by attacking the ethical and spiritual consciousness" and has demanded that the idea was discarded immediately.
Simon Thomas, a local funeral director, has also spoken out against "do not understand how people can feel comfortable swimming in a pool that is heated by the death of a loved one. I think it's strange ". But despite all the declarations the dispute looks set to stay in the air, as the citizens' consultation and discussion will take place next February.
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