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

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

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

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

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!

Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat