Inventor turns cats into diesel

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Post 1 by Texas Shawn (The cute, cuddley, little furr ball) on Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 9:52:19

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.” ananova

Post 2 by Vulpine (Generic Zoner) on Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 9:57:35

Why just cats? Surely any animal would work just as well? Although You'd need a hell of a lot of gerbils!

Post 3 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 10:38:52

Snakes a few anacondas and your laughing..

Post 4 by Puggle (I love my life!) on Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 11:36:38

that's sick, really sick...

Post 5 by Blue Velvet (I've got the platinum golden silver bronze poster award.) on Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 11:51:15

I'll bet those car engines really purr.

Post 6 by Flidais (WISEST IS SHE WHO KNOWS THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW) on Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 12:07:53

are you serious? do you have a link to this? lol that's so wrong!

Post 7 by wildebrew (We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?) on Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 12:11:50

Aaa, talk about recycling cats <grin> hehe, for sake of animal cruelty only cats that died of natural causes .. wonder if you can do this to people as well, if I died I'd be happier knowing what's left over got a family from Manhattan across the Brooklyn bridge, I'd feel very satisfied indeed <grin>.
cheers
-B

Post 8 by shea (number one pulse checking chicky) on Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 13:49:20

Ug B! hehehe If the family could get over the stank of burning B! hehehehehe

Post 9 by wildebrew (We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?) on Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 14:28:08

I may not have the power now but when I'm in fuel form then I willhaveit, oh yes ... ;)

Post 10 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Thursday, 15-Sep-2005 14:13:26

If it wasn't ethnic cleansing I would reek terrible revenge on the drunken Norwegians for murdering whales...

Post 11 by wildebrew (We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?) on Friday, 16-Sep-2005 10:32:04

Whale meat is a tasty treat and a proud tradition of the northern countries, when done in baed on scientific studies (not Green Peace propaganda) there is no reason not to hunt whales for commercial or scientific purposes.