Norwegian fashions fuel from fat
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A Norwegian in America has the fuel of the future all worked out. Human fat for biodiesel. But of course!
More than sixty percent of Americans are overweight and the Norwegian’s firm in Miami, Florida is in the process of signing an agreement with US hospital giant Jackson Memorial. This deal would give Venøy & Co. around 11,500 liters of human fat a week from liposuction operations, which is enough to produce about 10,000 liters of bio-diesel.
“Maybe we should urge people to eat more so we can create more raw material for fuel,” Venøy said.
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December 9th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
What percent of Swedes are overweight? If I am to believe my Swedish friends, who I can’t actually tell from Americans, just by looking, it’s 0%.
December 18th, 2006 at 10:29 am
Of course, the other way to convert that fat into fuel would be to get Americans walking or biking instead of jumping in the SUV.