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Under Fuel Sanctions, Taxis powered by used Falafel cooking oil
| Tuesday, 20 May 2008
The leftover oil from falafel , a yummy fried Middle Eastern snack, is now powering taxi cars in Gaza. Faced with fuel sanctions, petrol stations in Gaza are empty. While leftover cooking oil from street vendors, mixed with turpentine doesn’t drive like the diesel they are used to, it helps pay the bills.
"It takes time to get it going in the morning," said Hassan Amin al-Bana, 40, at Gaza City's main taxi stand
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