[Vwdiesel] Human fat to biodiesel

[Area31 Research Facility]

IMO, one does not need to look far to put that fuel to use.  Large hospitals 
use a lot of electricity and if the electric bill could be reduced, that 
money could be made available for better medical machines, more beds, etc. 
Better patient care.  Any large, properly equipped hospital is going to have 
a large diesel generator and backup generator on site.  The 
transesterification process might be done on-site and the fuel derived used 
to power a generator to run the hospital, any extra power could be sold to 
the grid. Any bio hazzard concerns would be no greater overall than they 
already are with the presence of this raw fat at the hospital currently.

Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kurt Nolte" <syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <vwdiesel at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Human fat to biodiesel


> 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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