Feline Fuel Fracas

Feline fans are fuming over a report that a German inventor created an organic alternative to diesel fuel that is composed of garbage, weeds and dead cats. Bild newspaper reported that Christian Koch, 55, uses 20 cat cadavers to produce a full tank of inexpensive fuel, and several online publications reported that Koch heats the decedents up to 300 degrees Celsius to filter out hydrocarbon, which is then turned into diesel using a catalytic converter. Outraged animal aficionados can breathe easy, however: Koch now calls the Bild story inaccurate. “It’s an alternative fuel that is friendly for the environment. But … I’ve never used cats and would never think of that. At most the odd toad may have jumped in.” The story author confirmed that Koch never directly stated that he had used the keeled-over kitties.

Wired News: Furthermore

The question remains: Would it work with dead cats?

Second question: And who speaks for the toads?

2 thoughts on “Feline Fuel Fracas”

  1. The confusion might have been over the buttered toast-cat array. This is where cats are secured with their backs to the shaft of a turbine and buttered toast is secured to the opposite side of the shaft such that both are trying to land on the floor simultaneously, creating a perpetual motion machine used to power the turbines, thus generating electricity.

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