Possible New Use for Coconut Oil

Coconut Oil ... ——— Fuel for Diesel Engines ... ———

WITH the low prices ruling for coconut products, efforts are being made in the large copraproducing countries to find new uses for the coconut.

An important development in this connection is reported from the Philippine Islands, where scientists have demonstrated the practicability of using coconut oil as a fuel for Diesel engines. It is claimed that the oil can be produced as cheaply as crude oil.

The opinion has been expressed in Manila that the discovery of these scientists will revolutionise the coconut oil industry.

It has been pointed out, frequently that the world’s mineral oil resources are limited and that, with the evergrowing demands of the motor trade it is only a question of a comparatively short time before these supplies are exhausted. If the use of vegetable oil in combustion engines is practicable, it is clear that a new era will open for producers of vegetable oils. ===