Are you suggesting that the furnace that heats your home is fueled by burning deceased people?
The furnace that heats his home is more likely fueled by natural gas, however the combustion chamber where that gas is being burned may also be used for cremations.
I'm pretty sure that humans make pretty lousy fuel.
We're good mental fuel and I wonder sometimes if there is any liveform in the universe that feeds on that (god ;p).
Aside from moral/cultural qualms and a difficulty achieving scales of efficiency, there's no reason human remains couldn't be used to produce perfectly usable biodiesel.
twain