Date:         Fri, 19 May 2000 21:17:31 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Friday VW news
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"Powerful enough to turn goatpiss into gasoline...."

Donald "Duck" Dunn, in the 1980 classic movie "The Blues Brothers"

PerL
87 Syncro 112i



harald_nancy wrote:

> Sheep with car gene produce volkwagen parts
>
> Thursday, 18 May 2000 12:12 (ZDF)
>
> Sheep with car gene produce VW parts
> By Dr. Prof. Hans Werner
>
>  Wolfsburg, May 20 (ZDF) - German scientists have implanted car genes
> in a herd of sheep, resulting in the production of  fluids and materials in
>
> sheep that can be used for automobiles and other applications.
>
> The technique was perfected by W. Heinrich, a geneticist and partner
> of VW Biotechnologies of Hannover.
>
>  "We have combined the new with the old," Heinrich told ZDF in a
> recent interview. "The old is represented by the Sheep.
> The new is genetic engineering."
>
> Fluids and solids - which are harvested
> from the sheep in Hannover can be used to build superior cars,
> Heinrich said, adding that many auto companies have been trying
> unsuccessfully to duplicate the results in laboratories for years.
>
> There have been some initial setbacks, as the bio sheep have a
> tendency to leak coolant. But says Heinrich, we have fixed that now.
>
> Heinrich said VW has been contacted by numerous firms seeking
> to share the technique but he said we won't sell.
>
> Heinrich estimates the technology has a potential market of DM10 million.
> He expects the solids to go to market within a year under the brand name
>  "Vwsheepoplast"
>
> He said, the substance could be used in many applications,
> like possibly replacing such things as plastics for coolant parts in
> vanagons.
> Both the German Bundeswehr and Pentagon have expressed interest in
> using it for making ballistic systems, he said.
>
> Happy Friday.
> Harald
> '90 westy