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SpareTires - A New Source of Biofuel?

OK - how many of you saw this coming?

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

"Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital reportedly has signed a deal to supply
Norwegian entrepreneur Lauri Venoy with 3,000 gallons-per-week of
liposuction leftovers harvested by its clinics. This bio-fat could produce
2,600 gallons of biodiesel, sufficient to fuel a Hummer for a year."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/01/EDNR11F...

Have we really gotten that desperate?

4 Comments

Comment by mombat on July 2, 2008 at 3:51pm: My initial reaction is oh, ick , gross, yuck, fplaatch!
However, reusing and recycling and is good thing.
I just have to wonder; if some bio diesel fueled vehicles smell of french fries what will this smell of?

Comment by chantal on July 2, 2008 at 3:54pm: Is this more or less sane than foreskin face cream?

Comment by Neonnoodle on July 2, 2008 at 4:16pm: Gah! ok, the foreskin face cream is pretty disturbing.

You know, mombat... that thought had crossed my mind as well.