Nip head!
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.
Talk about putting a tiger in your tank...
I see this as a warning to my cat "El Dumbo". If he pukes on the carpet one more time.....
Talk about cat cracking!
I'm sure rats and mice and other vermin would work as well. Then you could make a little extra catnip money, and have fun at the same time.
Or inner city kids could clean the place up by bringing in rats and collecting the rat bounty. Oh, but that might require letting them use pellet guns or even .22 rifles. Can't have that.
Country kids can bring in tree rats instead. It might also prove the solution to the urban Goose and Deer problems.
Wow another dead cat thread and it took 18 posts for a defender to appear.
Actually, what it would produce would be a car that no longer ran. Itstead, it would spend all its time figuring out how to feel morally superior to other cars by making the Beemers do stuff like surrender their nice bumpers to Chevettes. (Who cares if they don't fit. It's the thought!)
Nip head!
" 23 euro cents (30 cents) a litre, which is about one-fifth the price at petrol stations now. "
That's cuz it isn't taxed yet.
PETA showed up and somehow ended up getting tanked, too.
the CAT-alytic CONVERTER.
I am so sorry....:(
I thought it was pretty funny too, and hope it becomes a regular on the ZOT! threads...
Obscure, but funny...
4 purr jokes in a row. Can't you guys come up with something a little more original?:)
Well, it does bring new meaning to the old Exxon slogan "Put a tiger in your tank".
Kitty is NOT amused! ...;-)
Do you think that the fact that the bumpers wouldn't fit anyway would enter into their planning?
"What are they worried about, raising cats for fuel purposes? That's more dumb than ethanol!"
There are humans who want to fertilize human embryos and then harvest parts from them.
What about dogs? the alliteration of "Puppy Power" is much more appealing than "cat fuel"
No. It doesn't matter if it works or not. What matters is feeling like you did something good. Besides, the beemers can just buy another bumper. They're rich and got the bumpers by exploiting the chevettes in the first place. Meanwhile, the chevettes have some nice bumpers to put in their front yards on cinder blocks.
Soylent Gasoline is People....
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