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Inventor turns dead cats into diesel
ananova ^ | 9/13/05 | staff

Posted on 09/13/2005 6:29:09 AM PDT by pissant

A German inventor says he's found a way to make cheap diesel fuel out of dead cats.

Dr Christian Koch, 55, from Kleinhartmannsdorf, said his method uses old tyres, weeds and animal cadavers.

They are heated up to 300 Celsius to filter out hydrocarbon which is then turned into diesel by a catalytic converter.

He said the resulting "high quality bio-diesel" costs just 15 pence per litre.

Koch said the cadaver of a fully grown cat can produce 2.5 litres of fuel - meaning around 20 cats are needed for a full tank.

He said: "I tank my car with my own diesel mixture and have driven it for 105,000 miles without any problems."

Annelise Krauss of the Dresden Animal Protection Association blasted Koch's new diesel though, saying: "This is as bad as experimenting on animals."


TOPICS: Agriculture
KEYWORDS: 102usesforadeadcat; tasteslikechicken
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Finally, a solution to stray cats and dogs that's even better than the "Chinese Restaurant" solution!
1 posted on 09/13/2005 6:29:09 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

And I have invented a fountain pen that writes under whipped cream....


2 posted on 09/13/2005 6:30:28 AM PDT by NRA1995 (When liberals speak I hear the Vonage music playing.....woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo....)
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To: pissant

Watch for this on Penn & Teller's next BullS**t segment on PETA ...


3 posted on 09/13/2005 6:31:04 AM PDT by sono
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To: NRA1995

You'll be rich!


4 posted on 09/13/2005 6:31:14 AM PDT by pissant
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To: sono

I've never seen Penn & Teller's act. They seem a little too gay for me.


5 posted on 09/13/2005 6:32:13 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Heard it really makes your engine purr.


6 posted on 09/13/2005 6:33:45 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Yes, it's the cat's meow!


7 posted on 09/13/2005 6:34:21 AM PDT by pissant
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Remember the old 'Put a tiger in your tank' Esso ads?


8 posted on 09/13/2005 6:37:58 AM PDT by pikachu (Don't MAKE ME get my flying monkies out!)
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I wonder how much high quality bio-diesel can be produced from the carcass of a dead German inventor.
9 posted on 09/13/2005 6:38:02 AM PDT by Dark Skies ("The only way to find yourself is in the fires of sorrow." -- Oswald Chambers)
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If we can learn to do the same thing with dead opossums and armadillos, we can not only solve our own energy problems, but become an exporter of energy as well.


10 posted on 09/13/2005 6:38:33 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Must applicants for positions of authority in LA , possess IQs in single digits as do actors ?)
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a fully grown cat can produce 2.5 litres of fuel

I hope the cat lovers (I am one) will forgive me:

If I took a fully grown cat, put it into a blender, and liquified it, I would not have 2.5 litres of liquid.

This claim is BS on its face.

11 posted on 09/13/2005 6:40:11 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: pissant

Oops. Make that 102 uses.

12 posted on 09/13/2005 6:40:46 AM PDT by linkinpunk
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To: NRA1995

But why would anyone want to write on their girl friend's navel?


13 posted on 09/13/2005 6:41:02 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Must applicants for positions of authority in LA , possess IQs in single digits as do actors ?)
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To: pikachu
yes.


14 posted on 09/13/2005 6:41:32 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant; Slings and Arrows

ping


15 posted on 09/13/2005 6:42:06 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Dark Skies

Too valuable. They use that to make knockwurst.


16 posted on 09/13/2005 6:42:11 AM PDT by pissant
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http://www.worth1000.com/entries/79000/79432CIkh_w.jpg


17 posted on 09/13/2005 6:42:47 AM PDT by spycatcher
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There's billions of useless starlings available too.


18 posted on 09/13/2005 6:43:02 AM PDT by pissant
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But you'd have a yummy shake!


19 posted on 09/13/2005 6:43:41 AM PDT by pissant
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Damn! I was gonna make the same statement.

(Kitty lover with 5 cats at home here.)


20 posted on 09/13/2005 6:44:33 AM PDT by Ronin (When the fox gnaws.... SMILE!!!)
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