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Inventor: I never used dead cats for fuel
Reuters ^ | Wed Sep 14,12:50 PM ET | unknown author from reuters

Posted on 09/15/2005 2:35:09 PM PDT by Redcitizen

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German inventor said he has developed a method to produce crude oil products from waste that he believes can be an answer to the soaring costs of fuel, but denied a German newspaper story implying he also used dead cats.

Christian Koch, an inventor and patent holder of the "KDV 500" that he said produces high quality fuel, said he can transform waste products such as paper, rubbish and plastic materials into fuel.

But Koch, 55, said there was no truth to stories published in Bild newspaper Tuesday and Wednesday that suggested he used dead cats as part of the mix for his organic diesel fuel.

"I use paper, plastics, textiles and rubbish," Koch told Reuters.

"It's an alternative fuel that is friendly for the environment. But it's complete nonsense to suggest dead cats. I've never used cats and would never think of that. At most the odd toad may have jumped in."

Bild Tuesday wrote a headline: "German inventor can turn cats into fuel -- for a tank he needs 20 cats." The paper on Wednesday followed up with a story entitled: "Can you really make fuel out of cats?"

A spokesman for Bild told Reuters the story was meant to show that cat remains could "in theory" be used to make fuel with Koch's patented method.

The author of the story said Koch had never told him directly that he had used dead cats as the story implied.

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 liter, which is about one-fifth the price at petrol stations now.

"I drive my normal diesel-powered car with this mixture," Koch is quoted saying in Bild, next to a large picture of a kitten. "I have gone 170,000 km (106,000 miles) without a problem."


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cats; diesel; fuel; renewableenergy
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To: decimon

"My car gets around 20 MPC."

Is this highway cattage, or city cattage?


41 posted on 09/15/2005 2:58:09 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry (Esse Quam Videre)
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To: decimon

On a good day, I get one CPM--two if I swerve onto the sidewalk.


42 posted on 09/15/2005 2:58:53 PM PDT by Redcitizen (This line intentionally left blank)
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To: Redcitizen

"On a good day, I get one CPM--two if I swerve onto the sidewalk."

Cat guzzler.


43 posted on 09/15/2005 3:00:30 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry (Esse Quam Videre)
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To: RegulatorCountry

The mileage is worse in the city since the owners are required to keep pets on a leash or indoors.


44 posted on 09/15/2005 3:05:27 PM PDT by Redcitizen (This line intentionally left blank)
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To: satchmodog9
Thanks buddy. That pic is a hoot !

Nam Vet

45 posted on 09/15/2005 3:05:56 PM PDT by Nam Vet (Money can't buy love. (but it sure can rent it))
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To: Zechariah_8_13

...thought you might enjoy this one...


46 posted on 09/15/2005 3:08:47 PM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin')
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To: FreedomCalls

I really do like cats, but these are very funny


47 posted on 09/15/2005 3:09:53 PM PDT by Cyclone59 (If a cat chokes on a mouse, who killed who?)
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To: RegulatorCountry
Is this highway cattage, or city cattage?

City cattage. While it's true there is more "stop and go" in the city, the city cats are much fatter.

48 posted on 09/15/2005 3:15:42 PM PDT by decimon
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To: RegulatorCountry

They changed from Esso to Exxon so they could get the double cross even into their name!


49 posted on 09/15/2005 3:16:32 PM PDT by chickenlips
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To: Redcitizen

And I always thought cats were'nt good for ANYTHING.


50 posted on 09/15/2005 3:16:37 PM PDT by diverteach
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To: decimon

"the city cats are much fatter."

Premium cat.


51 posted on 09/15/2005 3:17:48 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry (Esse Quam Videre)
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To: BMC1

Well he must be racist, because Ophelia didn't hit the WHITE people nearly as bad as Katrina hit the black people.


52 posted on 09/15/2005 3:18:33 PM PDT by The Worthless Miracle
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To: RegulatorCountry

I gave up on cats for fuel. My fuel injectors keep clogging with hair balls.


53 posted on 09/15/2005 3:19:32 PM PDT by chickenlips
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To: Redcitizen
On a good day, I get one CPM--two if I swerve onto the sidewalk.

Mixing in some toy poodles gives more bounce to the ounce.

54 posted on 09/15/2005 3:19:46 PM PDT by decimon
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To: VoiceOfBruck
"It's an alternative fuel that is friendly for the environment. But it's complete nonsense to suggest dead cats. I've never used cats and would never think of that. At most the odd toad may have jumped in."

But now that's he's thought of it... ;)



also a ping to the photo at #28.
55 posted on 09/15/2005 3:19:51 PM PDT by Zechariah_8_13 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: chickenlips

"I gave up on cats for fuel. My fuel injectors keep clogging with hair balls."

Decimon suggests you try toy poodles instead. MPTP will be greatly improved as compared to MPC. And, they don't shed, so your fuel injectors stay clean.


56 posted on 09/15/2005 3:22:42 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry (Esse Quam Videre)
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To: All

"COME AND GET ME, EXXON !!"

57 posted on 09/15/2005 3:23:16 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (Sometimes I just can't see the forest for all the gumps.)
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To: Redcitizen
Do you get better traction and does it waste cats if you scratch off?

How hard is it and do you have to wear heavy gloves to get the live ones into the tank?

These are questions that must be asked.

58 posted on 09/15/2005 3:33:02 PM PDT by mississippi red-neck (You will never win the war on terrorism by fighting it in Iraq and funding it in the West Bank.)
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To: mississippi red-neck

Yes, you get better traction because of the four paws.

Cats are high mileage b/c of the 9 lives

It doesn't waste cats beacuse they are really good at scratching.

No you do not have to wear heavy gloves because there is more than one way to skin a cat.


59 posted on 09/15/2005 3:52:26 PM PDT by Redcitizen (This line intentionally left blank)
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To: Redcitizen; T Minus Four
> Now I really got to see your link. Get it to me sometime when you are not at work. By the way, I won't tell your boss you've been freeping at work.

If you take his original (non-working) URL and take off the front part, so that it starts at "www.ooze.com/..." it will work. HOWEVER be aware that that page is NSFW (Not Safe For Work) and has links to what appears to be porn.

That said, it's pretty funny.

60 posted on 09/15/2005 4:16:12 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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