Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat

Posted by epi0Bauqu on Thursday December 25, 2008 @09:40PM
from the forbes.com dept.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/12/21/fat-fuel-biodiesel-tech-sciences-cz_pcb_1222fatfuel.html?feed=rss_mostemailed

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by shadytrees on Thursday December 25, 2008 @10:57PM (#409937)

> he allowed ... his girlfriend to perform surgeries without a medical license.

What, a guy can't be a little romantic anymore?

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by vaksel on Friday December 26, 2008 @01:47AM (#410019)

Is human fat somehow more potent than regular bio-diesel? He couldn't have saved that much money...bio-diesel is by definition cheap...and the dude is a plastic surgeon...not like he is hurting for $$$.

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by kirubakaran on Friday December 26, 2008 @03:52PM (#410396)

He must have done it for the laughs.

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by kirubakaran on Thursday December 25, 2008 @11:30PM (#409950)

Fat of the rich as SUV fuel? How poetic in a Fight Club way.

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by jmtame on Thursday December 25, 2008 @11:56PM (#409965)

Of all the groups, fat is the most energy-dense.

Carbohydrates = 4 kcal/gram | Protein = 4 | Fat/Lipids = 9 | Alcohol = 7 | Vit/Mins/Water = 0

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by likpok on Friday December 26, 2008 @12:46AM (#409996)

Note that fat is more energy dense than ethanol, but a little less than gasoline (which is 48 KJ/g, compared with fats 37 KJ/g).

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by mynameishere on Friday December 26, 2008 @01:59AM (#410031)

U-235 has about 6 orders of magnitude on gasoline.

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by rtw on Friday December 26, 2008 @02:20PM (#410348)

This boat circumnavigated the world on renewable fuels which included human fat:

http://www.earthrace.net

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by pygy on Friday December 26, 2008 @04:31AM (#410073)

I find this a bit scary (in a cyberpunk way)...

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by huhtenberg on Friday December 26, 2008 @01:25AM (#410007)

Makes great soap too - http://i44.tinypic.com/sm62c1.jpg

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by teehee on Friday December 26, 2008 @02:02AM (#410033)

Lipo Baby, Lipo -S. Palin

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Re:Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat by gaius on Friday December 26, 2008 @06:11AM (#410108)

Yep, Micheal Moore can save the planet single-handed!

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