[smallpoxgirl]

Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat

Liposuctioning unwanted blubber out of pampered Los Angelenos may not seem like a dream job, but it has its perks. Free fuel is one of them.

For a time, Beverly Hills doctor Craig Alan Bittner turned the fat he removed from patients into biodiesel that fueled his Ford SUV and his girlfriend's Lincoln Navigator.

...

Although it's unclear when Bittner started and stopped making fat fuel or how he made it, his activities came to light after recent lawsuits filed by patients that allege he allowed his assistant and his girlfriend to perform surgeries without a medical license.

Attorney Andrew Besser, who represents three patients, says the assistant and girlfriend removed too much fat from clients and left them disfigured. Dozens of other patients have complained to the state medical board, Besser says. The board is investigating Bittner but declined to comment.

Forbes.com

[dinopello]

Seems like the elusive "win-win" situation, right ?

[Nickel]

Fill 'er up with Ethyl.

[ReverseEngineer]

Dr. Craig Alen Bittner, former Hollywod Plastic Surgeon and Liposuction expert has been named by TPTB to head up the new Human Waste Recycling Plant in San Antonio.

Sources close to this apointment say Craig is looking forward to scaling up what was just a Cottage Industry in the 90s to full scale Industrial Production as we move towards 2012. McDonald's is investing heavily in the latest Bubble, and Hedge Funds all over the world are bidding up the price of Human Fat to unheard of levels since the 1930s.

Permaculture experts are endorsing Bittner's appointment as a solidmeans to insure a steady state usage of the planetary farming resource. Nobel Prize winning Economists and Scientists issued the satemnt today that "At last a Sustainable form of Diesel has been identified, and the grass to cow to human to diesel chain can be sustained indefintely".

I cannot reveal the source of this quote, its confidential.

Reverse Engineer

[Revi]

This is one of the wildest posts ever! I had to look to see if it was really from Forbes and not the Onion.

Wow! Truth is stranger than fiction.

[Armageddon]

We could probably fuel the world for the next 50 years with all the fatasses here in the US.

[hardtootell]

And I thought it was only used to make donuts!

[lper100km]

Fill 'er up with Ethyl.

Fill 'er up with [s]Ethyl[/s] Ethel. Corrected the spelling for you.

[RedStateGreen]

WTF??

That's just crazy.

[Gazzatrone]

Not one to blow my own trumpet but...........

Been there although I haven't done it.

You'll find this in the thread lead post under the bolded "Liposuction"and is not a new idea. (see post date)

[mgibbons19]

This is Flat Out Awesome!

Best thread at PO in years (maybe ever)!

Simply too damn crazy. I wonder about the legal ramifications. Wouldn't it be funny if ppl were pissed that their blubber were being used as fuel, rather than being disposed of wherever body parts go?

[TheDude]

Far out. Is this Green Tech, or Brownish?

[3aidlillahi]

Is this really shocking? I remember a guy was planning on using his fat to power his boat around the world. It may have been a boat race on second thought...

A better use may be like that in Fight Club. Use it to make explosives to destroy [s]credit card companies[/s] banks.

Is this the first time that PO'ers are cheering on a SUV driver?

Weatherman: "And today, Hell is seeing record lows - dipping down below 30 degrees for the first time ever. Brr. Get a coat, sinners"

[TommyJefferson]

I wonder about the legal ramifications.

What the surgeon did is illegal in the state of California.

The state medical board is investigating him. He closed his practice and fled to South America.

[Revi]

I wonder how many miles he got per lipo suction?

[TheDude]

Gallon of fat yields gallon of fuel. This is my favorite part:

Greenies like the fact that waste, such as coffee grounds and french-fry grease, can be turned into power. "The vast majority of my patients request that I use their fat for fuel--and I have more fat than I can use," Bittner wrote on lipodiesel.com. "Not only do they get to lose their love handles or chubby belly but they get to take part in saving the Earth." Bittner's lipodiesel Web site is no longer online.

Save the Earth through your chin tuck! Once again, this is the sort of thorough surreality that used to be only found in the pages of Phillip K Dick novels.

[3aidlillahi]

I wonder how many miles he got per lipo suction?

“The amount of energy from fat is relatively low,” says Mr. Bethune. “A large liposuction operation involves removing 10 pounds of fat, which would drive a car about 50 miles once converted.”

5 miles per pound. Of course, I'm not sure the car he drove but he said this later:

“In Auckland we produce about 330 pounds of fat per week from liposuction, which would make about 40 gallons of fuel. If it is going to be chucked out, why not?”

So it takes about 8 pounds for one gallon. That's about 40 mpg then. So I'll bet the good doctor was getting about 2-3 miles per pound if the energy conversion holds.

The next gas station:

[Ludi]

Ah, an actual Mad Doctor! Maybe he'll set up an Evil Lair somewhere in South America.

[yesplease]

Haven't y'all seen fight club?

[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

What I find scariest is that he fuels his ford suv and his g/f's lincoln navigator which are gas guzzlers and he says he has more fat than he can use....