NEWS: It's People! Soylent Green is Made out of People!

CULTURE: It's People! Soylent Green is Made out of People!

So yeah, that's the first thing that came into my head when I heard about this awesome eco-boat that runs on human fat. Talk about biodiesel! Built specifically for Earthrace, an attempt to raise awareness of the environment and the sustainable use of resources, the powerboat is fuelled on 100% biodiesel and has a net zero carbon footprint. Not only that, but it's fuel supply--human fat--is unlimited! Paul Bethune, the skipper of the boat and CEO of the non-profit project, even got liposuction to further the cause.

Yummo!

Earthrace was built in Auckland, New Zealand, and the plan is to circumnavigate the world in record time, with a departure date set for March 1, 2008, from Valencia, Spain.

Pretty awesome, and especially promising when you consider just how much "fuel" is ready and waiting right here in the good ol' USofA. Think of the possibilities: No more wrestling with the Arabs over oil--instead, we'll have government subsidized liposuction! Perhaps fat farms will no longer be places where fat people go to lose weight, but rather to pack it on so as to support the economy! We'll make clean fuel from a dirty diet! It's a frickin' miracle worthy of Jesus, I tell you.

Seriously, though. That is one phat boat.

But will it have solar panels?

-TM

Anything that runs on human body well...products? just seems a bit disturbing...hard to see anyone robbing body fat, but you never know...
Cool looking boat though...looks very James Bondish!

Wow, how big were those other two volunteers? The CEO made 100ml, and the other two made the other 6900ml of biodiesel?

But I guess its a good way to (literally) burn fat.

unfortunately the fattest people that would provide plenty of biodiesel probably have a pretty LARGE carbon footprint.

man, trailers really sucked back then. They gave away everything.

They can have some from my hips and stomach - for free.

Next up: synaptic energy powering the grid.

I thought it was great that Dubya promised by 2020 we will have cars that produce 35 MPG. As a mechanical engineer in the automotive industry for 30 years[ steering]. I feel compelled to say, as a former sailor, fuck you George you self-serving ignorant bastard. We would have hydrogen fuel and zero emissions[ only water] by now if it wasn't for you petro-thieves. If the hydrogen zero emissions thing is ever going to happen the monetary and political power must be stripped from big oil and handed to the electric utility companys. I'm not saying that they will be any more or even as scrupulous as the oilers, but it must happen.[ The oil companies have set a new precedence in greed that the electric generation people will most likely follow.] Hydrogen generation from water is basically an electric intense process, therefore the electric companiess per basic economics must rule. Please do not suggest socializing energy. Remember Bushy is that very same thing. A central party of oil barons.All this being said I must admit that allot of this current mess is my fault having voted for DubyaTerd twice. I am voting for O this time to try to atone for my racist, capitalist sins. I am deeply sorry.

Thats just gross. Besides anything that runs by eating people isn't the best tech idea.

All I can think of is "eww." And human fat is not "unlimited." Not even Britney's fat ass can get her a nice long boat ride. I think this is a very silly idea.

Wow, and I thought Tyler Durden making soap from peoples fat was cool!

Wasn't there an episode of Boston Legal based around this?

Sounds like a good option.

Not a single Fight Club reference?

Tsk, tsk.

Yes it would, fat ass.

My rule of life... if machines live off of people, just say no!




And a reprimand for ruining the clincher to Soylent Green for anyone who hasn't seen it

35mpg?

buy 2020,

35MPG is kinda the norm already no? seems to be in europe

Hell our government has been running off our dead exploited bodies for decades.... at least now we get a chance to help feed their pockets whilst still breathing.
and by the by...to the dude above me...... way to knitpick on the mpg's...but try finding a non hybrid car that runs by your 35 mpg standard..........and not to knit pick about your knit picking, but doesn't europe run by kilometers?

Wow. If I were you, I would tell people I voted for Nader.

In a time where obesity is epidemic and organisations are doing there best to try and get people to slim down, it kinda figures that someone created a boat that runs on human fat. All in all it would be a ruling idea if all of us sailed everywhere we had to go,..but how effective would it be in cars?..and further more, as far as i am aware, boats already has zero carbon emissions...there called sails...people have been sailing them for centuries without the use of combustible agents.

3rd post up from yours.

Fucking awesome - that solves the obesity problem and the oil-running-out-in-twenty-no-ten-no-five years problem SIMULTANEOUSLY!

Where's me credit card.

Come on guys, we've had fat burning boats for thousands of years.....
They're called canoes!
You can trust me on this, if you want to burn some fat.....pick up canoeing as a hobby.