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So apparently some inhumane bastards over in Sweden think its okay to kill innocent animals and burn them for fuel. After rounding up as many bunnies as needed they are all shot to death and frozen and then turned into fuel for human use. I cant even describe how disgusted and horrified i am to hear this. This just goes to further my belief that humans will do anything and everything to there very own benefit. It doesn't matter about the consequences to people as long as they get what they need it doesn't matter who dies, or who it affects. I am so unbelievably ashamed to be a human being in these times. The human race is nothing but greedy pathetic consumers with no agenda but there own needs and people will do anything they can to step on whoever gets in there way. Days like this i wish i was a powerful politician so i could do something about atrocities like this. "God" help us all. Article below via inhabitat.com

Sweden is Burning Biofuel Made from Bunnies
by Sarah Parsons, 10/19/09

Scientific American recently reported that Sweden uses a pretty strange source for some of its heating fuel: rabbits. Stockholm has an overabundance of the cotton-tailed critters, and the hungry bunnies are decimating city parks. To cut back on bunny populations and create a greener source of heating fuel for Swedes, city employees round up the rabbits, shoot them, freeze them and then ship them to a heating plant where they’re incinerated. And yes, the thought of it makes our soul hurt, too.

Photo by Shellylyn

While killing animals to use them for fuel is rather uncommon, using animal byproducts to make biofuels happens pretty regularly. Swedish company Konovex creates the bunny-based fuel, but that plant is a subsidiary of Danish company Daka Biodiesel, which makes automotive and heating fuels from vegetable and animal oils and fats. Sweden often uses slaughterhouse trimmings to create a methane-based biogas that powers taxicabs in the southern part of the country. And even the US is getting into the animal-based biofuel market: ConocoPhillips partnered with Tyson to make biofuel from chicken and pork fats that would otherwise be added into pet foods, cosmetics or soaps.

Biofuels can be made from a variety of animal fats, including fat from humans (though of course, this is illegal. We can’t help but wonder whether green funerals will start incorporating this practice into its burial methods, though!). And while it’s stomach-turning to think of it, using animal byproducts or slaughterhouse waste to create eco-friendly biofuels actually seems pretty innovative. Killing Peter Rabbit to heat your home seems a little brutal to us, though. We may be in the midst of an energy crisis, but we’re also experiencing a global food crisis. Wouldn’t eating the rabbits be a little more savory than burning their frozen carcasses?