Cats as a Fuel Source?

[Paolo]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9339530/ (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9339530/)

Inventor denies using dead cats for fuelGerman says alternative diesel uses waste paper products, possibly a toad:

BERLIN - 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 on 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 on 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.”

[Falcon (imported)]

What a clumsy way to get fuel from cats, and you still end up with noisy, stinky diesel engines. My way is MUCH more elegant.

Everyone knows that cats, when dropped, always land on their feet. Everyone also knows that buttered toast, when dropped, always lands butter-side down. I propose strapping buttered toast to the backs of cats with the butter side up. The cat/toast combination would then be dropped, and if my calculations are correct, the cat would stop a few inches from the floor and begin rotating as the two forces (cat/feet and toast/butter) struggled.

A large cat/toast array could easily power a monorail between Chicago and Cleveland.

Terry Boots

[transgirl23ny (imported)]

What a clumsy way to get fuel from cats, and you still end up with noisy, stinky diesel engines. My way is MUCH more elegant.

Everyone knows that cats, when dropped, always land on their feet. Everyone also knows that buttered toast, when dropped, always lands butter-side down. I propose strapping buttered toast to the backs of cats with the butter side up. The cat/toast combination would then be dropped, and if my calculations are correct, the cat would stop a few inches from the floor and begin rotating as the two forces (cat/feet and toast/butter) struggled.

A large cat/toast array could easily power a monorail between Chicago and Cleveland.

Terry Boots

Noted... I have heard that theory, and it makes perfect sense to me.

However, Cat's make rubbish guide dogs, as illustrated below...

http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/fleabag.htm