The Telegraph reports that our loved ones will soon be keeping us warm when we go to their funerals.  Crematoriums intend using the recovered heat from cremated bodies to keep the buildings warm.  An initial experiment will be carried out at a crematorium in Manchester where it is believed sufficient energy will be generated by the departed to power the boiler and lights.

 The idea came about because several mourners complained that the crematoriums were cold and badly lit.  If the idea works it will be tried in other crematoriums though there is some concern that this is a sensitive issue and of course we will never know what the deceased might feel knowing they are keeping their loved ones warm.