Balandar Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 That's right, the next time you fill up, use those dead kitty cats! Inventor fuels car with dead cats 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. From http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/14...reut/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffy9 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 ummmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balandar Posted September 14, 2005 Author Share Posted September 14, 2005 Update: German inventor: I never used dead cats for fuel Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:07 PM BST 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 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 on 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 on Tuesday wrote a headline: "German inventor can turn cats into fuel -- for a tank he needs 20 pussies." 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 a litre, 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 without a problem." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altarial Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Save the kitties!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffy9 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 should i kill my cat and use him as fuel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altarial Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Noooooo!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffy9 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 well i gotta get gas somehow.how about mice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altarial Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Mice is fine... or dogs.. yeah definitely dogs... er no!.. Spiders!!!!! Yeah they need to make gas from spiders!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffy9 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 i know we should use wookiee's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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