Elmer Fudd would be very happy...

 The Swedes, those latter-day descendants of bloodthirsty Vikings, have found a new use for rabbits: heating fuel.

 

According to Der Spiegel, stray rabbits in Stockholm are being shot, frozen and then shipped to a heating plant to be incinerated.

In the Swedes' defense, the bunnies are a menace; a plague of wild and stray pet rabbits is devouring the city's parks.

 

full @
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=burning-bunnies-for-biofuel-2009-10-14

 

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