Stockholm, Sweden, is taking the maxim “Waste not, want not,” to an odd new extreme. While the Swedes and their northern European brethren are at the forefront of the green technology movement, the city’s new plan to turn wild rabbits into fuel is raising eyebrows. Every year, the city culls thousands of rabbits from its parks and now those bunny bodies are becoming biofuel thanks to Konvex, a subsidiary of Danish company Daka Biofuels. Nothing like burning bunnies to keep warm in those frigid northern arctic winters, eh?
While it might seem cruel to burn the bodies, it’s better than burning coal or wood, right? Fat makes a great fuel, and those little furry bodies (and lots of other dead critters) would otherwise go to waste if they weren’t being turned into heat and energy. The less gasoline used, the better off the planet will be, right? Even if it is a bit morbid, I imagine this will become quite popular elsewhere as a way to dispose of roadkill and other organic waste.
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