Pacific islands look to coconut oil as energy saviour

PORT LOUIS (AFP) – Struggling with rising oil prices, Pacific island nations are increasingly looking to coconut oil, long a basic foodstuff and massage lubricant, as an economically and ecologically sound petroleum alternative.

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It takes about five coconuts to make about a liter of fuel and the process is similar to that used to produce massage oil, although it requires more purification, Nari said.

It is also cheap, costing about 80 cents per liter, compared with one dollar seventeen cents for the same amount of diesel, officials said.