Comments on: Eco-boat powered by human fat and biofuel

By: Boys Summer Camps

Boys Summer Camps — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:35:21 +0000

Based on studies about teens in the US, we should be able to power the Navy Fleet on body fat……..

By: Berkshire Summer Camps

Berkshire Summer Camps — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:01:25 +0000

First of all the design is incredible. Amazing what the human mind can engineer. But I must agree, Rosie’s head could power the boat around the earth several times!

By: Mister Catshit

Mister Catshit — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:07:50 +0000

They plan on doing a whole season of the “Biggest Loser” for this trip. If the boat doesn’t sink first from the contestants.

By: GetSmart

GetSmart — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:59:09 +0000

Soylent Green IS DIESEL!!!! So now all us lard butts really are FUEL SCREWS! Fuel Screws are any more or less sentient beings that are figuratively ( And now LITERALLY) fed into the engine of society to power it. SHOW ME YOUR OCTANE !!! BURN, BABY, BURN!!!
10,000 Pharaohs and 6 billion tallow candles.

By: Misanthropic Scott

Misanthropic Scott — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:52:40 +0000

#6 – moss,

Please go back and actually read my post. Thanks.

By: gregallen

gregallen — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:29:33 +0000

That’s a super cool looking boat but it can’t beat 5,500 year old wind propulsion technology for being eco-friendly!

By: the answer

the answer — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:58:10 +0000

So it’s the offspring of fat camp and a cruise line?

By: tcc3

tcc3 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:44:46 +0000

They call it the Durden engine.

First rule of Earthrace: do not talk about Earthrace.

By: pedro

pedro — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:42:35 +0000

#1 The whole civilization is going backwards. De-evolution is real.

I just saw one of those “informational pieces” that fox news puts in their international feed in lew of ads. In it, a dumbass housewife said that she just turned to “Green cleaners” because they clean better than the normal ones and are safer for their kid. How moronic can someone be? Among the reasons, she stated (or rather repeated as a parrot) that natural substances are less harmful. Has she ever heard of poisons? I’m still pissed at that thing.

Same applies here.

#4 see? that’s putting a positive spin the the fact.

By: Eco Sailor

Eco Sailor — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:39:32 +0000

“Eco-boat” my ass! A true ecological boat sails powered by WIND! Not bio-diesel. When will people learn…

Since when is sailing around the world in 65 days a world record? In 2005, Bruno Peyron and his crew sailed Orange II around the world in JUST 50 DAYS!

Check the World Sailing Speed Record Council: http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/content/view/19/21/

By: moss

moss — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:11:31 +0000

As much as I oftimes enjoy and agree with your comments, MS – your #5 is a lazy agreement with the premises pitting farm products raised for food with any other use.

The US, for example, still has a subsidized surplus of corn – while speculators use the myth of competing biofuel use to drive up prices. It’s pretty much a crock.

No doubt there are greedy agri-biz barons who will fit your shiny Oil Patch mold – for that’s who works at spreading this crap; but, overall, the production of crops for renewable energy benefits us all, rich and poor alike.

Now – go read the really interesting bits about the technology of this venture. And the danger and discomfort. This ain’t no romp through a Walt Disney surfer movie.

By: Misanthropic Scott

Misanthropic Scott — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:19:58 +0000

This is what we need, fast cool vehicles running on alternate fuels to make them sexy. I’m not a big fan of biofuels for the long term, however. Used fry grease is a good source of biodiesel. However, anything that puts feeding poor people in competition with rich people driving their hummers is not likely to solve anything.

Oh, and here’s my idea for a better use of liposuction.

http://tinyurl.com/2nx569

By: Mark T.

Mark T. — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:37:35 +0000

Ah, now Richard Branson will probably try to circumnavigate the globe fuel only by Rosie O’Donnell.

By: Sc00bs

Sc00bs — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:25:57 +0000

Who needs solar power, all we need to do now is find a way to hook cars directly up to people’s blubber and the Kiwi’s will have solved 60% of the American populations fuel requirements.

By: Glenn E.

Glenn E. — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:18:13 +0000

Oh and BTW, the “Eco Boat” looks like something the devil might pilot around in. It’s very demonic looking. Like something you’d see in a movie about the future, where the devil’s pleasure craft ran on human bodies. Maybe there’s a reason for this ominous impression.