Cars powered by human fat?

Cars powered by human fat?
Real Beauty News on Nov 24, 2008

The idea of using human fat to power a vehicle is parody--right? Not entirely. Back in 2007 a strange notion of a boat powered by human-derived diesel made the press

The skipper donated his liposuctioned fat to power his vessel: "Bethune underwent liposuction and donated enough to produce 100ml of biofuel, while two other, larger volunteers also had the procedure, making a total of 10 litres of human fat."

This fat was only enough to power the bat-mobile-looking boat for 15 km.

boat powered by lipodiesel?

Alas, leave it to a doctor with access to large quantities of human fat to launch a "LipoDiesel" fuel initiative. 

lipodiesel fuel alternative made from human fat?

Dr. Alan Bittner, a Beverly Hills doctor, openly promoted the reprocessing his liposuction patient's fat into fuel for his SUV.

Lipodiesel - liposuction fat for fuel - made in the labs

Dr. Bittner's slogan, "Even liposuction can go green," graced a website he operated called lipodiesel.org

Lipodiesel promotion

Publicity stunt?  Doesn't appear to be so; the lipodiesel site was taken down and other medical experts warn that fuel-from-human-fat is an improper way to dispose of human waste.

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wendyh
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30 Nov 2008

Um, this brillant idea seems wrong on so many levels. Last time I checked all Doctors and Hospitals had comply with Biohazard regulations set up by the state from which they live. How scarry!

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