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Soon, you may be able to use your cooking oil as an alternate fuel to run cars. This can become a reality after a successful experiment of using biofuel in airplane. The Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Petroleum is now working to convert used cooking oil into biofuel which would then be used to power automobiles and planes.
With India taking the leadership role to drive the International Solar Alliance after the Paris climate agreement, its massive consumption of cooking oil can put India at the vanguard of research focusing on conversion of cooking oil into biofuel.
In fact, global fast food giant McDonald’s has already started using biofuel from used cooking oil to power its fleet of refrigerated delivery trucks in 85 of its outlets across Mumbai and will soon expand it to 275-plus outlets in southern and western regions.
