An Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories

Rising prices for cooking oil are forcing residents of Asia's largest slum, in Mumbai, India, to ration every drop. Bakeries in the United States are fretting over higher shortening costs. And here in Malaysia, brand-new factories built to convert vegetable oil into diesel sit idle, their owners unable to afford the raw material. Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

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