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German inventor's "cat fuel" angers animal lovers
Reuters ^
| September 14, 2005
| Staff
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.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biodiesels; cats; fuel
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To: SaveTheChief
That would be one dead fat cat.
To: MadIvan
"There's no danger for cats and dogs in Germany because this practice is outlawed in Germany,"
So, they have a law on the books specifically outlawing the use of dead cats in fuel for internal combustion engines. Now that's a bureaucracy!
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:44:52 AM PDT
by
andyk
(Go Matt Kenseth!)
To: MadIvan
This post will turn out to be the ***Official Friday Silliness Thread*** for hump day.
Well done MadIvan!
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:44:56 AM PDT
by
G.Mason
To: atomicpossum
What are they worried about, raising cats for fuel purposes? Why not? The Democrats grow minority children on poverty farms for future voting purposes.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:45:50 AM PDT
by
elbucko
To: MadIvan
LOL, this is hilarious! It seems to me that if a cat can be used, then any source of meat would work. Why, heck, the Democratic party is full of p*ssies, they could solve our fuel problems overnight!
BTW, I am not sure of the slang "pussies" is used "over there" as it is here in the US. We use it for 1-Cats, 2-femal genitalia, and 3-Timid and cowerdly people.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:46:13 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(Just because we are not perfect, does not mean we are not good.)
To: SaveTheChief
No no. That only applies to HOT AIR balloons. Chappaquiddick Ted is air-lifted into national events to bloviate and fill up the bags.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:47:10 AM PDT
by
highlymotivated
(If American ever falls, a STINKING LIBERAL will be behind it.)
To: SaveTheChief
A room full of liberals can produce enough gas to power an entire city for months.Just imagine the toxic fumes that flow through Ted Kennedy everyday.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:48:04 AM PDT
by
rdcorso
(Bill Clinton Stuck His Cigar In Foreign Places And Called It Foreign Policy)
To: MadIvan
Mt neighbor has 3 cats that I'll donate.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:48:46 AM PDT
by
sandydipper
(Less government is best government!)
To: Calico Cat
He's adding road-kill to his feedstock:
a home-made blend of garbage, run-over cats, and other ingredients -- is a proven alternative to normal consumer diesel.
Anything else, from field mice to deer, would work just as well
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:49:37 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: MadIvan
I'm not allergic to cats, I own one and I think this is a great idea!
The question becomes, is it just cats that can make this fuel (as opposed to racoons or opposums ~ I hate those things)?
Why can't we use any road kill? MI in spring has a plethora of animals by the side of the road that didn't move fast enough.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:50:58 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Prayers for victims of Katrina)
To: MadIvan
Does it work with all road kill?
PS I'm at the Holiday Inn at the airport London right now.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:51:26 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(We broke Pink's Code and found a terrorist message)
To: MadIvan
Cat-A-Tonic, the new diesel additive guaranteed to make your engine purr.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:51:37 AM PDT
by
Darnright
( Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before)
To: Constitution Day
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:51:44 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Does my life *really* need a sarcasm tag????)
To: Paradox
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:51:47 AM PDT
by
skimask
(Whatever happens it's Bush or Rove's fault.)
To: TheForceOfOne
1.818181818181818181818181 CPG.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:52:04 AM PDT
by
DonnerT
(Class Action Sue MSM)
To: MadIvan
Maybe he could boost his horsepower by using dead horses.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:52:36 AM PDT
by
SC DOC
To: skimask
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:52:54 AM PDT
by
skimask
(Whatever happens it's Bush or Rove's fault.)
To: G.Mason
They still taste like a chicken?
To: skimask
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:53:32 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Does my life *really* need a sarcasm tag????)
To: skimask
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:54:30 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Does my life *really* need a sarcasm tag????)
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