(Hillsdale, WY) -An employee at the Federated Oil and Energy (FOE) corporation has discovered an inexpensive method for making gasoline odorless. Oil companies around the world are taking notice.

The details of the method are revealed in the patent US8501657, titled “Catalyst for desulfurization and deodorization of gasoline and method for preparation of the same and use thereof.” It was awarded in 2008 to little fanfare.

The patent was awarded to members of the Dallas Institute Of Chemical Physics, and the Chinese Academy Of Science, both of which are “dummy” organizations set up to hide the identity of the actual inventor. Before today, the name of that inventor had not been revealed. However, due to a class action law suit filed by the Future Farmers of America on behalf of all consumers who have purchased odorless gasoline, the name of the inventor has finally been published.

The lawsuit, FFA et al vs. Melvin Kaminsky, was filed today in the Hillsdale County court house by Jerome Silberman, a sixth-year law student who has a special relationship with the state bar association. The filing claims that the odorless gasoline produced using Kaminsky’s method actually has a faint smell that Silberman has described as “a mix of leather, gunpowder, sandalwood, and sage.” 

Melvin Kaminsky, who has had mild success in the motion picture industry, has also dabbled in the gas industry on occasion. He was inspired to created an odorless gas due to an occasion during the filming of one of his most blazingly unpopular movies. For some time after the movie was released, Melvin was strongly associated by the public with the smell of gas and the eating of raffinose. In order to not be associated with odor of any sort, he set about creating a way to process raffinose such that it produced no odor. This then led to his discovery that the same technique could be applied to gasoline. 

The FFA claims that the processed gasoline is not, in fact, odorless, but has a pleasant scent that provides relaxation and the sensation of being a cowboy. They claim that these side-effects make farm work much more difficult. 

The case will go before the court in September. In the meanwhile, if you buy gasoline in Hillsdale, you can judge for yourself whether it passes the smell test.