Doctor powered his SUV using his patients fat

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Doctor powered his SUV using his patients fat

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You want to talk about Americas answer to renewable energy? It's right here in West Virginia! (and no, it's not coal)

How a Beverly Hills doctor powered his SUV using his patients' spare tires.

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. Fat--whether animal or vegetable--contains triglycerides that can be extracted and turned into diesel.

"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.
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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. Fat--whether animal or vegetable--contains triglycerides that can be extracted and turned into diesel.
Bullsh! Ford has never made a diesel powered Lincoln Navigator or Ford Expedition. And fats cannot be converted into a volatile petrol/gasoline like fuel.
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Soylent Diesel?

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