QUOTE (Neraph @ Jul 21 2009, 04:37 PM)
They aren't combusting it. They're harnessing a natural chemical reaction and drawing power from that. Basically, they are drawing energy from the process of decay. Which meat does as well as vegitables.
Check page 6 of
the presentation[PDF] for information. See the "Biomass Shredder" and "
Combustion Chamber" boxes with an arrow leading from one to the other. Note no labelled "Digestion Organ" box. It burns biomass as an alternative form of fuel, and animal bodies contain too much water to be appropriate fuel.
So, the question is whether we need a "Feed Self" autosoft to implement it in SR4.