[Vwdiesel] Human fat to biodiesel

[Kurt Nolte]

Terry Briggs wrote:
> Never happen, human waste is classified as a bio hazard, infectious 
> waste etc.
>   
True, but... I believe the ruling is that incineration is an approved 
method of disposing of human wastes, and the transesterification process 
is a method of allowing safe handling of the substance until such a time 
as it is incinerated.

And even if it was only used in industrial applications, that would 
still free up fuel sources (And alternative fuel sources) for automotive 
consumption and utilize a presently wasted source of BTUs without 
requiring every driver of a diesel to have a hazardous waste 
certification. Deliver it in drums, handled only by HazMat certified 
fuelling staff, that sort of thing. Power companies could now claim that 
they are "Powered by Fat" :p


And for the person who has already invoked Godwin's Law with the Nazi 
reference... I don't see how you're finding the comparison. I mean, 
nobody in that article is talking about forcibly "harvesting" the fat 
from people for fuel; it's merely utilization of a "waste" product that 
is generated voluntarily by vain people anyway, and at present is 
incinerated with no benefit from the release of thermal energy. Isn't 
this "use all your resources and become energy independent as a nation" 
kinda core to the biodiesel movement? Why would we waste what everyone 
in the world has pretty much agreed we have an overabundance of (IE fat)?

		
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