What I learned today: Biofuels from your butt

I found this tidbit while I was reading an article about biofuels in the Smithsonian. Guy with a big powerboat wants to be environmentally friendly, so he runs it on biodiesel, from some interesting sources:

"...One of the great things about biodiesel," he declared, is that "it can be made from so many different sources." To prove it, his suppliers had concocted a dollop of the fuel for Earthrace from human fat, including some liposuctioned from the intrepid skipper's own backside.


Eew. The rest of the article is just the usual schpeal about biofuels, here if anyone is interested.