If you haven’t noticed, Americans have a bit of a weight problem.  Despite the fact that our overly large stomachs, and saddle bags are killing us at alarming rates it seems that we may be sitting on a gold mine…literally.  That fat the gets liposuctioned out of John Doe’s behind might just be the fuel of the future.  Apparently a kind of biodiesel fuel can be created from fat, something similar to grease cars one might guess.  There is actually one doctor who is putting his fat on on the road by using medical waste to run a car as reported by the Christian Science Monitor:

Dr. Craig Alan Bittner, owner of the Beverly Hills Liposculpture clinic, claims that he produced biodiesel from the excess lipids hoovered from his patients’ backsides, which he then put into the tanks of his Ford Explorer and his girlfriend’s Lincoln Navigator.

Forbes quotes from Dr. Bittner’s now-defunct website:

“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.”

If this does indeed work we may be on the forefront of a revolution in automotive technology.  Talk about killing two birds with one stone!  This could really be the answer to all (or at least two) of our biggest problems!

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