The Answer to our Energy Crisis: Dead Cats

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Posted by NeoPhono on Sep-14-2005 15:09:

The Answer to our Energy Crisis: Dead Cats

Well, I think it's pretty sick, I'm not even sure how you would think of it in the first place, but leave it to the Germans....

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europ...reut/index.html

quote:
Inventor fuels car with dead cats

Wednesday, September 14, 2005; Posted: 9:58 a.m. EDT (13:58 GMT)

BERLIN, Germany (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 homemade 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 Web site 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.

Koch said around 20 dead cats added into the mix could help produce enough fuel to fill up a 50-liter (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.

Wow...only 20 dead cats to make 11 gallons of fuel? We're gonna need more dead cats.

Posted by kush paintings on Sep-14-2005 15:18:

Great news for mexico.

Posted by St_Andrew on Sep-14-2005 15:18:

Wow, how cool it would be if dead cats was the answer to our energy problems

Posted by Yoepus on Sep-14-2005 15:51:

Guess we're going to need some more cat herders!

http://www.angells.com/fun/download...cat-herders.mov

Posted by MrSquirrel on Sep-14-2005 16:15:

I wonder if you could use just the inedible leftovers from Chinese restaurants, or if you need the whole cat?

MrS

Posted by Moongoose on Sep-14-2005 17:22:

Sweet, im alergic to cats anyway so im all for making dead cats into fuel. I woudnt even mind making live cats into dead cats to make them into fuel

The only problem is my little hyundai aint a diesel

Posted by josh4 on Sep-14-2005 17:38:

Well its things like this that show its completely possible to develop cars that could run on alternative fuels. Obviously the dead cats are going to get the attention in this case but the article said the car runs on garbage too. But of course its going to take a lot of effort for any kind of major shift when the oil companies are making $110 million a day of pure profit.

It'd be nice if they would put some of that revenue into research for cars like this .

Posted by Shakka on Sep-14-2005 19:52:

Make that 102 uses for a dead cat!

Posted by MisterOpus1 on Sep-14-2005 20:09:

I've got a coupla cats that I'd love to contribute to the environmental cause.

Posted by St_Andrew on Sep-14-2005 20:30:

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Originally posted by Shakka
Make that 102 uses for a dead cat!

I so want that book

Posted by Moongoose on Sep-14-2005 20:35:

So do most other people it seems...they only have 4 left in stock

Posted by Shakka on Sep-14-2005 21:47:

Funny thing--the first time I saw that book was at my grandmother's house about 20 years ago. I'm surprised it's even still in print.