Rudolf Diesel, who presented his prototype engine at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris was using vegetable oils produced in his own garden as its fuel. The reason was the high price prevailing for petroleum products. Apart from this he also took into consideration the marketing prospects of these environment friendly vegetable oils as well as the financial upliftment of farmers. Later on the abundance of cheap diesel fuel ultimately caused the decline of use of vegetable oils.
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