LA Weekly

New Zealand adventurer Peter Bethune used to work for oil companies, looking for new fields to exploit. Now he's become such a staunch advocate of biofuels that he became president and CEO of Earthrace -- a speedboat contest run entirely on renewable fuels. Some racers power their boats with soy, others with corn; Bethune, however, plans to use biodiesel made from human fat.

He's donated the first 100 ml from his love handles via liposuction, but he's trying to recruit fatter people to the cause.

He observes that “the thought of a tube stuck in your arse and feeding into the fuel tank does sound like the nirvana of transport fuels. Just feast at McDonald’s twice per day.” But he goes on to say, “If you went in for liposuction every year just to stay slim you’d be causing more damage than remaining a fat bastard, because the procedure is invasive.”

Mr. Bethune would prefer that there not be so much human fat in the first place. His proposed solution? “Really, obesity needs to be solved by public transport, which forces people to walk, exercise, and eat a better diet.”

At least you don't have to drill for it. Well, not in the ground, anyway.

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