Guest guest Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 it would happen in germany.... Inventor fuels car with dead cats Wednesday, September 14, 2005 Posted: 1358 GMT (2158 HKT) 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. I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can still do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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