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."
And I have invented a fountain pen that writes under whipped cream....
Watch for this on Penn & Teller's next BullS**t segment on PETA ...
You'll be rich!
I've never seen Penn & Teller's act. They seem a little too gay for me.
Heard it really makes your engine purr.
Yes, it's the cat's meow!
Remember the old 'Put a tiger in your tank' Esso ads?
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.
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.

Oops. Make that 102 uses.
But why would anyone want to write on their girl friend's navel?
ping
Too valuable. They use that to make knockwurst.
There's billions of useless starlings available too.
But you'd have a yummy shake!
Damn! I was gonna make the same statement.
(Kitty lover with 5 cats at home here.)
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