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Car that runs on used vegetable oil

The Bio Diesel car that is the fast in Kenya taken on 19th November 2014. PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI

Gaseous emissions from combusting automobiles have been determined to pose harm to the environment in the long run. Fossil oil, from which car fuel is derived, emits greenhouse gases, something environmentalists around the world have raised their voices about.

It is for this reason that a team of scientists at Technical University of Kenya (Tuk) in Nairobi are excited to unveil the first automobile in Kenya (a tuk tuk) to run on bio-fuel made from used vegetable oil. This ingenious innovation has come up as the result of concerted efforts fostered by eager researchers at the institution.

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