Posted on 09/14/2005 8:27:28 AM PDT by MadIvan
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German inventor has angered animal rights activists with his answer to fighting the soaring cost of fuel -- dead cats.
Christian Koch, 55, from the eastern county of Saxony, told Bild newspaper that his organic diesel fuel -- a home-made blend of garbage, run-over cats, and other ingredients -- is a proven alternative to normal consumer diesel.
"I drive my normal diesel-powered car with this mixture," Koch said. "I have gone 170,000 km (106,000 miles) without a problem."
The website of Koch's firm, "Alphakat GmbH", says his patented "KDV 500" machine can produce what he calls the "bio-diesel" fuel at about 23 euro cents (30 cents) a litre, which is about one-fifth the price at petrol stations now.
Koch said around 20 dead cats added into the mix could help produce enough fuel to fill up a 50-litre (11 gallon) tank.
But the president of the German Society for the Protection of Animals, Wolfgang Apel, said using dead cats for fuel was illegal.
"There's no danger for cats and dogs in Germany because this practice is outlawed in Germany," Apel told Bild on Wednesday in a story entitled "Can you really make fuel out of cats?"
"We're going to keep an eye on this case," Apel said.
If liberals don't work while living why should they work when dead?
That's too funny. Pussy power.
I like cats. But with apologies to Firesign Theatre
" Where's the dead cat dear?"
" It's in the fuel tank"
" But there's fuel in the fuel tank"
" Good news now with Dead Cat Fuel you get an entire dead cat in your fuel tank".
Once the bumpers are piled in the yard and someone trips over them, would it then be possible to blame Bush for not taking action in time?
ping
Why 20 cats when 2 dogs would probably work nicely?
Yes this would fall under clause 76 of the Official HRC Blame Game Manual, which reads as follows: "76. In the event that a bad thing does not fall under any of the specific enumeration of THINGS THAT ARE W's FAULT in paragraphs 1-75, hereof, it is nevertheless W's fault. Anyone whosoever does not immediately agree that it is W's fault shall be sentanced, for a period of not less than 6 weeks, to Old Media derision as being part of the KARL ROVE SPIN MACHINE.
Where's the "You make kitty scared" pic when you need it?
This would make CNN and Larry King very happy, provided he didn't personally have to contribute any bumpers.
And here I live in the land of Benjamin Holt!
". . ...there was some guy charged who was mixing vegtable oil and something else in england, IIRC."
Just what I was recalling.
Some guy could come up with a way to run his car on water and England would put him in jail for tax evasion.
(scratching head)
Is it illegal to kill animals for food in Germany? How is this different? Or are cats considered higher up on the sentience scale than, say, pigs?
So George Harrison was right - it's not gas that's taxed, it's the street itself.
"If you drive a car, I'll tax the street..."
Catgut was used in years past to make strings for musical instruments.
There is a long standing joke amongst our musician friends about how the cats in the barnyard must've felt years ago when they heard the guitar or banjo player bust a string.
"Run fer the hills Pussy, he just broke his B string!"
Uh-oh, he is in trouble... big trouble.
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