Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat(forbes.com)
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Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/12/21/fat-fuel-biodiesel-tech-sciences-cz_pcb_1222fatfuel.html?feed=rss_mostemailed
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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 $$$.
He must have done it for the laughs.
Fat of the rich as SUV fuel? How poetic in a Fight Club way.
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
Carbohydrates = 4 kcal/gram | Protein = 4 | Fat/Lipids = 9 | Alcohol = 7 | Vit/Mins/Water = 0
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).
U-235 has about 6 orders of magnitude on gasoline.
This boat circumnavigated the world on renewable fuels which included human fat:
http://www.earthrace.net
http://www.earthrace.net
I find this a bit scary (in a cyberpunk way)...
Makes great soap too - http://i44.tinypic.com/sm62c1.jpg
Lipo Baby, Lipo
-S. Palin
Yep, Micheal Moore can save the planet single-handed!
What, a guy can't be a little romantic anymore?