Love of Fried Food Could Curb India's Crude Oil Imports

  • India says cooking oil can make 2 million tons of biodiesel
  • Government is trying to curb crude imports as economy grows

Customers eat at a food stall in Ahmedabad, India, on Dec. 14, 2015.

Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
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India’s love for fried food could help curb its crude oil imports.

The nation of 1.3 billion people can make at least 2 million tons of biodiesel Bloomberg Terminalannually by processing used cooking oil from restaurant chains, said Ramakrishna Y.B., the head of an Indian government panelBloomberg Terminal that’s looking at the potential for fuels derived from plants.