XPost: sac.politics, alt.politics.democrats, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
XPost: alt.global-warming

Siri Cruise wrote

In article <XnsAC82A4F8F3E36COO27@0.0.0.1>,
"Joe's 'ho down" <forging-asshole@excite.com> wrote:

The European group Transport and Environment (T&E), which campaigns for

Never heard of them before.

renewable energy in transportation, found three top-selling plug-in
hybrid SUVs - BMW's X5, Volvo's XC60 and Mitsubishi's Outlander - are
emitting 28% to 89% more carbon dioxide than advertised, even under
ideal road conditions.

Has their thesis been peer reviewed yet?

It's time to turn the fat of rightists into fuel for our SUVs.


Most of their other body parts are useless, but their fat will give them purpose to exist.


Harvesting fat rightists for their blubber: The renewable fuel
of the future.

Biodiesel from human fat technically feasible

The California State Medical Board last month searched
Bittner's Rodeo Drive office and his home, confiscating medical
records, computers and other documents regarding his
"liposculpting" practice, the Beverly Hills Courier reported
earlier this month.

In a letter to patients posted on his Web site, Bittner says
he left his plastic surgery practice to return to South America
"to volunteer with a small clinic that is very similar to where
my medical career began decades ago, where I can help those
most in need."

Kevin Pho, a Nashua, N.H., primary care physician
board-certified in internal medicine, noted last week on his
KevinMD.com Web site that, though possible to make biofuel from
human fat, it is illegal to do so. It's possible that Bittner
didn't realize he was breaking the law, given that he posted
regular updates on his fat feat on his blog, lipodiesel.com,
which is no longer functioning. He portrayed his liposuction
business as a success, claiming to have treated nearly 7,000
patients. There are also customer testimonials on Bittner's
site, where he posted photos in which he's pictured with
patients holding up bags purportedly containing the globs of
fat suctioned from various parts of their bodies.

Bittner's legal troubles (he was also sued in 2003 for "false
and deceptive advertising" of a test marketed as an alternative
to mammography for the detection of breast cancer) aside, his
quest for a feasible form of renewable fuel is shared by
scientists worldwide. Mind you, most of them are researching
much more promising (and legal) biofuel ingredients such as
algae, jatropa (a woody shrub from Africa that produces oily
seeds) and beef and chicken lard.

It's been known for some time that animal fat is, technically,
a good source for biofuels. In a 1996 report to the National
Biodiesel Board (a biodiesel trade association established in
1992), University of Idaho researcher Jon Van Gerpen (at the
time with Iowa State University) concluded that biodiesel fuels
produced from vegetable oils and animal fats are very similar,
containing the same chemical compounds but in different
amounts. "There does not appear to be any basis for making a
distinction between the two fuels in terms of their impact on
engine performance and emissions," he wrote.

More recently, Tyson Foods and biofuel company Syntroleum
Corporation formed a joint venture called Dynamic Fuels and in
October broke ground on a $138 million renewable fuels plant in
Geismar, La. Dynamic Fuels will primarily use Tyson Foods's
beef tallow, pork lard, chicken fat and greases to make a
renewable synthetic diesel fuel that can be sold in the U.S.
within the existing diesel fuel distribution system. The
Dynamic Fuels plant is scheduled to begin production in 2010,
with a total capacity of 75 million gallons per year.

Even with his apparently large clientele, it's unlikely Bittner
could have competed with that type of volume. Update (10:45
p.m.): 60-Second Science reader Quinn Heraty notes that this
post reminded her of "Vivoleum," a fake campaign by the Yes
Men, a group that impersonates the powerful to satirize them.
Their Vivoleum is an oil product made from human flesh -- in
this case people who are already dead. (Heraty does some pro
bono work for the Yes Men, along with the Electronic Frontier
Foundation.)

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)