Fast food to fuel cop cars

(學習重點：加了黃色螢光標記的詞組)

Police in Manila (馬尼拉) are trying to convert patrol cars to run on a mixture of diesel and used cooking oil from McDonald's.

With oil prices at crippling highs, the project would convert cars in Makati City (馬卡提市) financial district to run on a mix of 40 percent diesel and 60 percent reprocessed cooking oil.

The cooking oil comes from the Makati outlets of the fast-food giant, and other restaurants are also considering joining in. One car has been converted in the test run.

Anything similar being cooked up in Hong Kong ?

There should be, because key ingredients – expensive fuel, lots of vehicles, McDonald's and more – are readily available.

But the will to do it may be in short supply.

Central Station

The Standard, 30 July 2008

 

習作：Will this kind of project help improve our living environment? Why or why not?