Row Over Crematorium Heating For Swimmers

[Stuart]

I think the motivation of the Unision secretary (if not the motivation of Unison itself) involved is quite adequately shown by the following quote, particularly the bit I have underlined.

Roger McKenzie, Unison's West Midlands regional secretary, said: "It goes to show yet again that the Conservatives know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

"Unfortunately, local authorities are increasingly pursuing desperate policies in a reaction to the unprecedented spending cuts imposed from Whitehall."

Personally, I think it's a good idea. If anyone actually has a problem using a byproduct of death (which is what Unison appear to be saying this heat is), then, tbh, they shouldn't be eating anything that has come from the Earth. There's enough people buried in that, and each and everyone has decomposed.

[Taf]

I see no problem with it... until some wag complains the water is too cold "so throw another one in the burner".

[idi banashapan]

Great idea. If only more companies / establishments where brave enough to put forward innovative ideas like this

Originally Posted by Taf

I see no problem with it... until some wag complains the water is too cold "so throw another one in the burner".

I was just about to point out ... the heat contribution from the ... err ... customers ... would be negligible. It's the gas ovens that are creating heat by the bucketload, and heating a swimming pool with it seems like a perfectly sensible idea.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Chris

I was just about to point out ... the heat contribution from the ... err ... customers ... would be negligible. It's the gas ovens that are creating heat by the bucketload, and heating a swimming pool with it seems like a perfectly sensible idea.

And if something should go wrong, and the pool gets heated too much, at least the swimmers would have a crematorium.

J/k.

[Taf]

Battersea Power Station (now a bleeding art gallery) used to pipe waste hot water accross the Thames to heat some flats... a great idea! A mate's flat in the USA gets heated FOR FREE by waste heat from a nearby factory.

Cooling towers a thing of the past? Just pipe the excess around to those who could do with some heating help.

On a side note, whilst I was a Home Office Radio bod, we used to work on the aerials on the roof of DVLA Swansea... and often got caught in the plume from the nearby Crematorium's chimney.... and it didn't smell like roast pork....

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Stuart

I think the motivation of the Unision secretary (if not the motivation of Unison itself) involved is quite adequately shown by the following quote, particularly the bit I have underlined.

Personally, I think it's a good idea. If anyone actually has a problem using a byproduct of death (which is what Unison appear to be saying this heat is), then, tbh, they shouldn't be eating anything that has come from the Earth. There's enough people buried in that, and each and everyone has decomposed.

So the Unions are now using this in there continuing attempts to remove the Government by thinking they have the right to

There is nothing wrong with using the waste heat in this way, Is there a way to use the gas that erupts from Union leaders gobs to run the power stations

Originally Posted by Sirius

Is there a way to use the gas that erupts from Union leaders gobs to run the power stations

yes there is ,unfortunately their hot air has been classed as polution so we can't use it .Instead it has to buried in lead containers for 10,000 yrs

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Sirius

There is nothing wrong with using the waste heat in this way, Is there a way to use the gas that erupts from Union leaders gobs to run the power stations

I think you could possibly use our union rep at work to power London, the amount of hot air he spouts.

[budwieser]

I think that they`re just going off at the Deep end. !

This is now going to go ahead:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-12388011

The council claims to have had 80%-90% positive responses to its consultation, whereas Unison claimed the plan was "sick and an insult to local residents". There's nothing like a trade union that's in tune with public opinion. And Unison is nothing like a trade union in tune with public opinion. What a bunch of muppets - I hope their members take the local branch to task over the time and money it wasted in indulging in party politics that were obviously outside its remit.

[Hom3r]

Sorry but how is this "sick"?

They are using the heat generated to heat a pool that would other wise go to waste

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Sorry but how is this "sick"?

it's sick because it's a conservative led council coming up with the idea. If it was a labour led council the unions would be hailing it as a wonderful plan to save the environment.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by Derek

it's sick because it's a conservative led council coming up with the idea. If it was a labour led council the unions would be hailing it as a wonderful plan to save the environment.

now derek you must get this conservative/ labour thing sorted
being in a union does not you mean you vote labour.

Originally Posted by vanman

now derek you must get this conservative/ labour thing sorted
being in a union does not you mean you vote labour.

Maybe not, but holding office in one almost always does.