My Chevy's going to eat tonight!
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.
4 purr jokes in a row. Can't you guys come up with something a little more original?:)
;-)
My Chevy's going to eat tonight!
I can't stand cats either, but what is it with Germans and burning dead bodies?
this might be illegal in germany; I know that in the UK it is an offense to use a car (or road, not sure on the technical) without paying petrol tax...there was some guy charged who was mixing vegtable oil and something else in england, IIRC.
That one cat could solve our present fuel shortage.
Prepare for the wrath of the Viking Kitties!
Only drawback is the need for heavy-duty shocks to reduce the inevitable dead cat bounce.
Cool! A great use of road kill! :-)
LOL! The last of the free cats!
From now on, they'll be worth 35 cents, or more, as fuelstock!
The cost referenced here is misleading. The .23 cents is what normal fuel costs in Germany before the government adds the other 4/5ths in taxes.
When you drive up to a gas pump in Germany there is a sticker that tells you that .73 Euro per liter is tax. So add that to the alphakat cost and now you are right at about .96 Euro per liter which is about what the going price for Diesel is currently.
Taxes man! they suck
I resent this thread! How can anyone joke about the casual taking of feline life? Hiss! Pfft!
A purrfect solution to energy problems?
101 uses for a dead cat? Now there's 102.
Sounds like a "cat's/ass/trophe".
We have enough problems with air pollution already, however on the bright side, if we start burning liberals, we can blame them for gobal warming.
I think anything powered by a liberals would just spin its wheels and go nowhere, if you can actually get it to work.
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