Vivoleum: New Fuel Produced from Human Flesh

[Ivan Seeking]

...We need something like whales, but infinitely more abundant,” ... He then described the technology that would render human flesh into Vivoleum, a new Exxon product, with 3-D animations and a PowerPoint presentation.

“Vivoleum works in perfect synergy with the continued expansion of fossil fuel production... “With more fossil fuels comes a greater chance of disaster, but that means more feedstock for Vivoleum. Fuel will continue to flow for those of us left.”

The oil industry crowd listened attentively through the presentation... the speakers began distributing memorial Vivoleum candles, putatively made from the remains of an Exxon janitor who perished after cleaning up a toxic spill [continued]

http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/06/19/its-new-its-disgusting-and-it-fooled-an-oil-industry-group

 

[wolram]

Soylent Green 2 ? i would have loved to see to faces of some of those people

 

[chaoseverlasting]

That could be really useful... isn't it that a person dies every second? So... if you could get over all the OTHER issues that this process would bring up, this could be a really viable thing...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

If you want to watch, this was discussed on Bill Moyer's Journal last night. See "The Yes Men".
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html

These guys have pulled a few good ones!

 

[Math Is Hard]

Excellent prank!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Excellent prank!

They started the show by posing as corporate execs who want all media controlled by one large company. I was about ready to stroke out before Moyers confessed to the ruse.

The man candles passed out at the oil conference contained a bit of hair, for fragrance.

 

[dontdisturbmycircles]

Highlights from the talk:


Tribute to Janitor

 

[chaoseverlasting]

Crap. I should have seen the whole thing...