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A German inventor Christian Koch, 55, says 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.

The Web site of Koch's firm claims 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 0n his part, said using dead cats for fuel was illegal and threatens to keep an eye on it the case.

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rsaum
shame on you, the CNN article specifically denies any basis to the dead cats idea!
Glendor
Shame on YOU for believing CNN, i've seen few channels lie as much as CNN does.
Guest
Gee does that mean Soylent Green has to be rewritten so that is is "Synthetic Petrol is PEOPLE!!!!"
Guest_David
Guess that's a new meaning to having a Cat Converter
Clarence Darrow
Just think, if we here in America could convert the the KDV 500 process to use lawyers, we could become the next Kuwait.
DarK SparX
So how do you get the cats? Do you buy a liter, or catch them off the streets? And then where do you kill them? Maybe we should just build cloning facilitys that "grow" cats and run them over...

That would really create a better world. Using about 9,500 dead cats a day, at a single "cat" station...
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