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No real value, the fat will burn but it would end up more expensive than regular diesel, in it%26#039;s natural state it is a solid, and would need to be heated to make it a liquid.While vegetable oil is a natural liquid and much cheaper to produce. jcms 42% 5 Votes
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Not complex animals, but phytoplankton and microorganisms like algae are able to create burnable bio fuels. Farm animal manure - pigs, cows, etc, can be used to create burnable fuels such as methane - but it%26#039;s very inefficient.
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My company has access to a refining process that can make biodiesel out of virtually any animal or plant based lipids (oils or fats). It can even use both of these raw materials simultaneously. Yeah, we can make biodiesel out of a cow.
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I saw an article a while back about using chicken poo to power either cars or power plants - I cant remember now. I cant imagine the air pollution from something like that, lol! I%26#039;m not too sure how I feel about that. :p
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Animal fat can be used, but it is not the best biodiesel. Oils from organisms like algae can also be used as fuels.
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Earth his a carbon based life system. everything in the system can be converted into any number of liquid fuels. it is only matter of cost vs. value.
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I%26#039;ve heard that complex animals%26#039; excrement can be used. But I don%26#039;t know if thats true nor would I go to a gas station that offered that particular fuel.
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In many countries cow manure is burned as fuel.
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