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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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I'm allergic to cats. Glad a use has been found for them.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:27:33 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:28:09 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: MadIvan
What a waste of good meat.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:28:23 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: MadIvan
Works for me.
Now when someone invents a fuel use for LIBERALS, THEN you'd be talking!
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:28:39 AM PDT
by
highlymotivated
(If American ever falls, a STINKING LIBERAL will be behind it.)
To: MadIvan
One of the best books ever written: 1001 Things to do with a dead Cat.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:28:56 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: MadIvan
How many CPG's (cats per gallon) is that?
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:29:13 AM PDT
by
TheForceOfOne
(The alternative media is our Enigma machine.)
To: MadIvan
In related news, prices at Chinese and Korean Restaurants are going up......
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:29:43 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(BLAME = Democrat .......BALM = Republican.........Which would an evacuee choose?......)
To: MadIvan
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:29:44 AM PDT
by
Slicksadick
(Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
To: MadIvan
Put a tiger in your tank.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:29:44 AM PDT
by
steveo
(Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
To: MadIvan
Provacative stunt rhetoric. If he'd said 'animal remains' he wouldn't have gotten the press-- 'dead cats' gets the headlines.
What are they worried about, raising cats for fuel purposes? That's more dumb than ethanol!
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:30:49 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: MadIvan
This stuff is guaranteed to make your engine purr.
To: MadIvan
It'll make your engine purr.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:31:44 AM PDT
by
Ken H
To: MadIvan
Bet that car purrs like a kitten.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:32:01 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
To: steveo
I bet that engine just purrs, along.
To: PBRSTREETGANG
LOL, every now and then you have to throw in a liberal....Gatta grease the internals
To: PBRSTREETGANG
This stuff is guaranteed to make your engine purr. Yeah but it'll only run when it wants to.
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:33:44 AM PDT
by
Bob
To: MadIvan
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:34:08 AM PDT
by
Slicksadick
(Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
To: MadIvan
We are not amused!
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posted on
09/14/2005 8:34:20 AM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(Tampa Bay, Home of the Stanley Cup Champions The Tampa Bay Lightning!)
To: MadIvan
How many catpower is one horsepower?
To: tiredoflaundry
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