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In the "stranger than strange" category, comes this story: Inventor fuels car with dead cats
he 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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Please notice that this news item was fabricated by the
[Hans-Martin Mosner] September 15, 2005 10:32:50.163
Please take those fabricated news items with about a metric ton of salt. "Bild" is known to produce utter rubbish from any kind of information. Any news service which takes "Bild" items at face value is just laughable. If you can read German, have a look at this item: http://www.bildblog.de/?p=797 Cheers, Hans-Martin
[XCheck] September 15, 2005 10:57:37.689
Regardless whether the story is true or not, what would biodiesel produced from animals solve in terms of global climate change?
The only biodiesel solution that would *partially* alleviate the greenhouse gas effect must come from plants that consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen during their growth. There are known solutions - I suspect a couple dollard per gallon more and we will start looking at them more seriously.
[Frank Mitchell] September 15, 2005 11:22:27.471
Slashdot cites a retraction on CNN
Actually, the engine works on any biodegradable garbage; the cat angle was invented to spice up the original story.