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Liposuction Goes Green: Fat for Fuel

December 30th, 2008

Liposuction has gone green (er, yellow actually).

Apparently a Beverly Hills physician who specializes in liposuction decided to prove that action speaks louder than words when it comes to being green. He took the fat that he sucked out of patients and turned it into biofuel to fuel both his and his girlfriend’s cars.

He is not the first person to turn fat into fuel. According to an article in Forbes magazine about the physician, triglycerides from fat can be converted into usable fuel at a ratio of 1 pound of fat to about a gallon of fuel.

He most certainly is the first (last?) person to use human fat to fuel his SUV. On average most liposuction procedures remove 10 pounds of fat or less. Not bad if you drive a Smart car, but he drove a Lincoln Navigator.

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  1. December 31st, 2008 at 10:20 | #1

    That must be a lot of liposuction procedures for him to do in order to fuel his tank! Very informative and entertaining post :)

  2. January 7th, 2009 at 03:22 | #2

    Oh my God! That’s unbelievable but as I see, it is really true! Fun post! Thanks!

  3. July 8th, 2009 at 03:05 | #3

    I am glad I had a chance to read your message, if you have more vein thearpy information elsewhere let me know or post it here.

  4. July 23rd, 2009 at 14:08 | #4

    Some more tips would be great as bodies does change. Any more information and experiences are appreciated.

  1. February 23rd, 2009 at 23:31 | #1