What do most Americans have in common?  We are fat and we have gas problems.  Whoa!  Slow down.  Not that kind of gas problem, a fuel problem if I am to be specific.  Well what would be the perfect situation to arise out of our rotund, fuel starved existence?  Using fat for fuel.  Yup.  Apparently you can do it and apparently it has been done.

Dr. Craig Alan Bittner has apprently been taking the fat from all the liposcution he performs and using it as a form of biodeisel.   The Christian Science Monitor is reporting that Bittner tells his clients where the fat is going that he extrudes:

“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.”

Apparently the California Department of Public Health is not very pleased with the good doctor’s efforts however.  Since there are laws and rules dictating what can and cannot be done with medical waste, Bittner has apparently drawn the ire of officials.  Ire aside, how innovative!  What a perfect solution to two of our biggest problems.  So don’t put down that doughnut and have another slice of pizza, it may soon be sucked out of you and put in the back of your 68′ Rambler.

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