Inventor Fuels Car With Dead Cats

[matcom]

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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.

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[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Does he look like this guy?

[rug]

2. Pffft! I aleady get 40 miles per cat.

[Courtesy Flush]

15. Only because American cats are fatter!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Hey, that kills two birds with one stone!

Ahh.. erm... uhh...

[underpants]

4. Sure you run over them, put them in your tank, and go after some more

This is NOT a good idea

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. It's not a good idea?

But it's kind of like recycling.

[matcom]

8. but you can only get 2 miles to the songbird

:hide:

[Little Wing]

18. and Cops hate it when you chirp the tires at a light

[edbermac]

6. The CatMobile?

[mockmonkey]

9. or

The "Fristwagen"

[otherlander]

10. OMG!!

Totoro IS a killer! I didn't want to believe it...

[Sanity Claws]

11. A catipede?

Where was that photo taken?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. My guess is california.

Given the background and dried lakebed.

But the bus is based on a character from a Japanese movie. The beloved children's classic "My Neighbor Totoro."

[TimeChaser]

13. I want a Catbus

<3

Totoro was my first anime <3

[JVS]

7. Sweet!

[BreweryYardRat]

12. Hmm...

Could he use meat-processing byproducts instead? That might catch on, as opposed to roadkill.

And I don't think most people are evil enough to go out and kill cats for fuel.

[tigereye]

16. haven't had enough fun today already, eh Matcom?

[Blue-Jay]

17. I wonder where he got the idea?