Sorry Cat Lovers -- 20 Cats to the Gallon:

[Ben]

I just post 'em, I don't make 'em up....
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http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/14/germany.catfuel.reut/index.html

Inventor fuels car with dead cats

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- A German inventor has angered animal rights activists with his answer to fighting the soaring cost of fuel -- dead cats.

Christian Koch, 55, from the eastern county of Saxony, told Bild newspaper that his organic diesel fuel -- a homemade blend of garbage, run-over cats and other ingredients -- is a proven alternative to normal consumer diesel.

"I drive my normal diesel-powered car with this mixture," Koch said. "I have gone 170,000 km (106,000 miles) without a problem."

The 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.

But the president of the German Society for the Protection of Animals, Wolfgang Apel, said using dead cats for fuel was illegal.

"There's no danger for cats and dogs in Germany because this practice is outlawed in Germany," Apel told Bild on Wednesday in a story entitled "Can you really make fuel out of cats?"

"We're going to keep an eye on this case," Apel said.

[Preacherman]

Sounds like the purr-fect fuel...  I'm feline good about this discovery!

[MaterDei]

Hey CatsDieNow, what kind of car do you drive?

[CatsDieNow]

How do you get these beasts into the tank?  Do I need my blender for this?

(I have a  Camaro and a Ninja 500)

[The Rabbi]

"Put A Tiger In Your Tank"???

[Fly320s]

Do you need a special additive to prevent hairballs?

[Preacherman]

Fly320s, no additive needed - that's what cat-alytic converters are for!

[Ben]

Okay folks, I humbly apologize for starting a thread that feeds Preacherman's pun-addiction.

[grampster]

Padre's been  tom  fooling around in at least 2 threads today.  

[Preacherman]

Looks like a hoax...  see http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/14/germany.catfuel.reut/index.html .

Oh, well - it was good for some bad puns, at least!

[SMLE]

Oh, well - it was good for some bad puns, at least!

"Bad pun" is redundant, "good pun" is an oxymoron.    

[Ben]

Dang it! I was just getting ready to invest in the IPO!

I went to the cat fuel thread, and all I got was this lousy pun.....

[CatsDieNow]

Hoax!?   My nieghbors are going to mad then...