The news broke at the end of 2008 about a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon that made the claim on his website that he has been using human fat that he collected from lipo-suction patients for lipodeisel.

This story though still in the news seems likely a hoax.  Alan Bittner founded a high profile clinic on Rodeo Drive and is well known among the stars-arati.

After his shocking announcement that he ran both his Ford Explorer and his girlfriend’s Lincoln Navigator on excess human fat he soon left the country on vacation, but has not returned and is thought to be living in Columbia.

Bittner claimed that one gallon of lipo-deisel is the equivalent to about one gallon of bio-diesel.  Scientists have agreed, but the Medical Examiner and the California Health Department took a dim view of this illegal practice, if it were indeed true.

The clinic was raided by authorities.  We will have to wait for their findings.
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