Germany solves world fuel problems

[sexdrugsmoney]

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German inventor's "cat fuel" angers animal lovers

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.

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There you go David, it wasn't dogs after all. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[tek]

Those Germans like to factor death into everything, don't they...

[purnell]

Biodiesel is not a new idea. wikipedia link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel)

[sexdrugsmoney]

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Biodiesel is not a new idea. wikipedia link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel)

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Interesting link but I didn't see any dead cats mentioned.

Also it says it's not efficient to raise animals just for their fat, of which I didn't think cats had much of in the first place, the concept is similar I suppose.

Cat History

- Worshipped by Egyptians.
- Eaten by Chinese.
- Housed by Single White Women.
- 2.5 litres of fuel by Germans. /images/graemlins/grin.gif (see below)

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Inventor turns dead cats into diesel

A German inventor says he's found a way to make cheap diesel fuel out of dead cats.

Dr Christian Koch, 55, from Kleinhartmannsdorf, said his method uses old tyres, weeds and animal cadavers.

They are heated up to 300 Celsius to filter out hydrocarbon which is then turned into diesel by a catalytic converter.

He said the resulting "high quality bio-diesel" costs just 15 pence per litre.

Koch said the cadaver of a fully grown cat can produce 2.5 litres of fuel - meaning around 20 cats are needed for a full tank.

He said: "I tank my car with my own diesel mixture and have driven it for 105,000 miles without any problems."

Annelise Krauss of the Dresden Animal Protection Association blasted Koch's new diesel though, saying: "This is as bad as experimenting on animals."

Source: Ananova.

[purnell]

Clearly I have missed something here. I'm not sure why a cat cadaver is any different from that of a cow or chicken, or a barrel of used cooking oil, or whatever, in it's utility for making fuel.

[NLSoldier]

cats suck. sign me up for a dead-cat car.

[Darryl_P]

I can see the guy now sitting in his lab...

Hmmm...I need a catalyst...a catalyst...hmmm...wait!..aha!.. that's it!..A CAT-alyst!..Eureka!

(OK it's not that funny but what do you expect at 3am CET?) /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[sexdrugsmoney]

Well, it appears since the mainstream media have got a hold of this story, the inventor has denied he has ever used cats ... although a toad here and there maybe. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Inventor: I never used dead cats for fuel

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."

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I reckon he's lying, I reckon he's used cats. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[tek]

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Oh, so it's a Flux Capacitor /images/graemlins/laugh.gif