Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors

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#53785 - 09/16/05 06:48 AM Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors
yongttay Registered: 05/14/05 Posts: 119 Loc: Washington, USA	A German inventor recently found a way to produce diesel with dead cats, but aroused strong opposition from animal protectors. According to Reuters report, 55-year-old Christian Koch said the method uses daily garbage, cadavers of cats and other materials. The whole process can be done at home. It has been proved that the fuel can be used in common diesel generators for civilian use. Koch said that he tanks his car with the diesel mixture and has driven it for 170,000 kilometers without any problems. According to the website of Koch's company, his invention has won patent. The equipment called "KDV500" can produce what he calls "bio-diesel" at a cost of 23 euro cents (about 30 US dollar cents) per liter, which is one fifth of diesel price at gas stations. Koch said only 20 cats are needed to fill a 50-liter tank. However, Koch's innovation aroused opposition from animal protectors. Chairman of a German animal protection association said it is illegal to process fuel with dead cats and they will pay close attention to the matter.
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#53786 - 09/16/05 07:31 AM Re: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors [Re: ]
Fran Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 1185 Loc: I'm Everywhere, There Twp, Th...	GROSS! _________________________ The greatest want of the world is the want of men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true & honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty..., men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.{Ed 57.3}
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#53787 - 09/16/05 07:41 AM Re: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors [Re: Toothfairy]
cricket Registered: 11/11/03 Posts: 4903	Yeah, it is gross. But, think about this...why don't these animal-rights activists protest the use of petroleum? It is said in the scientific field that petroleum is made from dinosaur remains.
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#53788 - 09/16/05 08:06 AM Re: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors [Re: CaregiverDee]
Fran Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 1185 Loc: I'm Everywhere, There Twp, Th...	Are we eating this petrolem? That was hard to ask after all of this other stuff. My thought are that we breathe it and we breathe diesel too. Right about now I am thankful for oxygen! But that is not good either. It burns the lungs. Where do we draw the line? I haven't thought of this in years! _________________________ The greatest want of the world is the want of men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true & honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty..., men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.{Ed 57.3}
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#53789 - 09/16/05 08:18 AM Re: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors [Re: Toothfairy]
Neil D Today, I ain't for sale. Check back tomorrow. Registered: 08/10/00 Posts: 13253 Loc: Ca., Id, Wa., Or. or somewhere...	What about all the strays cats and dogs that are euthanised because noone wants them? What do they do with the bodies? Why not make bio-diesel? _________________________ Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
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#53790 - 09/16/05 08:30 AM Re: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors [Re: res0pgdo]
Friend Registered: 09/11/04 Posts: 510 Loc: USA	Ahhh, then we get into the same contention as is raised in stem cell research. If a commercial use for dead bodies is created, will live bodies be tracked down and made dead for the purpose of commerce?
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#53791 - 09/16/05 07:26 PM Re: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors [Re: Saoirse]
Birmbear Registered: 05/31/00 Posts: 14 Loc: Bonney Lake, Washington, USA	Take another look beyond the attention-grabbing headline: Quote: the method uses daily garbage, cadavers of cats and other materials. The whole process can be done at home. All the guy is doing is recycling garbage -- which in this case includes the carcasses of "dead cats" as well as "other materials" into a useful product. Instead of having this stuff lie and rot in a landfill (what we call them in the USA), he's doing something positive with it. So what's the big deal? __Birm
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#53792 - 09/16/05 07:34 PM Re: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors [Re: ehlambert]
Neil D Today, I ain't for sale. Check back tomorrow. Registered: 08/10/00 Posts: 13253 Loc: Ca., Id, Wa., Or. or somewhere...	Quote: So what's the big deal? Let's see.... If I have a "dog and cat" farm, in which I raise animals to kill them to make bio-diesel fuel.....there might be some ethical questions....like treatment of the animals ie getting them extremely cheap food [aka something short of starving them], not keeping them healthy [aka living thier lives in cages, no touching/loving, not worried about diseased animals]...... You know, those sorts of things....all for the consumption of the auto consumer... _________________________ Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
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#53793 - 09/16/05 08:25 PM Re: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors [Re: res0pgdo]
Bravus Husband and Father Registered: 09/05/04 Posts: 7135 Loc: Brisbane, Australia	Erm, I'm sure I read a report here somewhere.... /me goes looking.... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/15/cats_fuel_diesel/ Yep, as I thought, a quirky news story with shaky facts. Dang, and we could have made 'that car goes like it was shot out of a catapult' jokes! Hang on... http://media.meaningofplus.com/videos/Farmers%20launch%20car%20out%20of%20catapult.mpeg Edited by Bravus (09/16/05 08:26 PM) _________________________ If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate
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#53794 - 09/16/05 09:41 PM Re: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel, angers animal protectors [Re: res0pgdo]
Birmbear Registered: 05/31/00 Posts: 14 Loc: Bonney Lake, Washington, USA	Quote: If I have a "dog and cat" farm, in which I raise animals to kill them to make bio-diesel fuel.....there might be some ethical questions....like treatment of the animals ie getting them extremely cheap food [aka something short of starving them], not keeping them healthy [aka living thier lives in cages, no touching/loving, not worried about diseased animals]...... My goodness! You are a cheerful Guss, aren't you? (And I'm assuming that your post is hyperbole, and that you don't really obsess about things to such absurd extents.) __Birm
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