ExxonMobil Proposes Burning Humanity for Fuel if Climate Calamity Hits

No, not really (in public anyway), but "The Yes Men," a group of activists who infiltrate corporate organizations and events by pretending to be powerful people, claimed it was so during a presentation on June 14, 2007.

In what must be their best scam, they took the stage and promoted "Vivoleum", a energy resource created from dead humans.

As noted on Wikipedia:

The project, called Vivoleum would work in perfect synergy with the continued expansion of fossil fuel production. The oilmen listened to the lecture with attention, and then lit "commemorative candles" supposedly made of Vivoleum obtained from the flesh of an "Exxon janitor" who died as a result of cleaning up a toxic spill. The audience only reacted when the janitor, in a video tribute, announced that he wished to be transformed into candles after his death.

Here's a clip from the actual presentation:


The youtube clip above misses the tribute video of the person who became the candles, so here it is:


Thanks to Bill Moyer's Journal for reminding me about these dudes.

SOURCES:
YESMEN.ORG, indybay.org, Wikipedia