I wondered when the dead will be used to propel cars in the future
But... there wont BE any dead in the future. Unless the oil industry latches on to converting people to gas (I though that people made more gas while alive?) and stops work on longevity treatments...
So the only dead people products will be from executed political prisoners in China. So it's good for the market of these products that they keep a very strict regime in power there.
Interesting, if China were to join the EU some day... Would the prisoners being executed be considered part of their workforce? and if so would shooting them count as laying them off subjecting the company to fines and sanctions? And would that raise the price of the products too much when exported?
the whole thing is just creepy, and shows very clearly some of the cultural differences between the west and the east that are going to show up more and more as our contact with China becomes more open.