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.
Oh dear!
Can we process deer too?
Well, that's use #102 for a dead cat...
I resent your resentment of this thread!
Whoops, you're right--roadkill.
Anyhow, I was just kidding--I don't like cats, particularly. The reason I chose 'Calico Cat' for my tagline was that I must have read the rhyme to my baby daughter about twenty times a day and couldn't get it out of my head!
Oh mr. Dunderbeck, how could you be so mean?
I told you you'd be sorry for inventing that machine.
Now all the neighbor's cats and dogs will nevermore be seen,
They've all been ground to sausages in dunderbeck's machine.
One day a little cub scout came walking in the store,
He bought a pound of sausages and laid them on the floor.
Then he began to whistle, he whistled up a tune,
And all those little sausages went dancing round the room.
(Chorus)
One day the machine it busted, the darn thing wouldn't go,
So dunderbeck, he crawled inside to see what made it so,
His wife, she had a nightmare while walking in her sleep,
She gave that crank one awful yank and dunderbeck was meat.
(Chorus)
THE GINGHAM dog and the calico cat
Side by side on the table sat;
'T was half-past twelve, and (what do you think!)
Nor one nor t' other had slept a wink!
The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate
Appeared to know as sure as fate
There was going to be a terrible spat.
(I was n't there; I simply state
What was told to me by the Chinese plate!)
etc.
Finally, a purpose for cats.
I prefer the Korean cookbook myself:
101 Ways to Wok Your Dog
Tastes just like chickhen.
Doc Brown's dog "Einstein" came up with the idea.
Oh Mister Johnnie Rebek - How could ya be so mean?
Ted already runs on alcohol.
"Sorry, Fluffy, I'm out of gas and late for work."
What type of car does this guy drive?? Perhap a Cattillac?
OMG.... I haven't laughed so much in ages..... I love that pic! Thanks!
Chinese restuarants will be very dissapointed.
:)
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