Thursday, December 21, 2006

Liposuction Fat to Power Cars?



A businessman in Miami is planning on using human fat taken from liposuction to produce bio-diesel fuel. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

Mr. Venoy's firm is signing an agreement with Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami to recycle 3,000 gallons of human fat a week from its liposuction clinics, according to the Norwegian Web site Aftenposten.no/english. That can produce 2,600 gallons of bio-diesel -- enough to power a Hummer for a week or two.

This sounds absolutely disgusting.

Story credit: plasticized.com

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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:44 PM

    Grooooossss. The things they don't tell you in med school (I go to UM Med!).

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  2. My hubby and I were just talking about this the other day!

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  3. Anonymous10:18 PM

    Well, it is recycling, kinda...I'd assume human body fat is biodegradable anyway, but there's definitely enough excess of that to be used. Hm!

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  4. Gross thought...but it sounds like a good way to recycle! :) I agree, there is defiately a lot of excess fat in this country, with 50% of the population being overweight!

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  5. Anonymous12:59 PM

    Just use the Fat people claimed to have lost From http://www.mygeniediet.com that should keep your hummer running for months. Disgustng!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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