British man plans to use chocolate as fuel to drive across the Sahara

The two men plan to process discarded chocolate later this month with the help of manufacturers and drive about 6,440 kilometers for fuel across the Sahara Desert, the Daily Mail of London reported Thursday. The two want to use the move to promote the environmental role of biodiesel and to promote the recycling of resources.

, 34, who is trying to complete the chocolate-fueled trip, lives in London. He was an engineer and now a journalist who writes investigative reports. John Grimshaw, who is travelling with Andy, is an electrical technician from Dorset, England.

and John plan to extract biodiesel from chocolate for fuel and drive about 6,440 kilometres to Africa. The two men will depart from the south coast of England later this month and catch a ferry to France before driving across Spain across the Sahara desert to Timbuktu in Mali, Africa. The journey is expected to take up to 4 weeks. Andy uses biodiesel, which is made from recycled waste chocolate and emits less carbon than other fossil fuels. Therefore, this fuel not only does not pollute the environment, but also recycles waste resources.

and John came up with the idea of using chocolate as fuel by accident. On a trip to a factory called Ecotec in north-west England, the two happened to meet a chocolate producer negotiating the reuse of discarded chocolates. So the two decided to use the chocolate fuel on their trip, using the opportunity to promote the environmental features of biodiesel and advocate for its use. In addition, Andy chose Timbuktu as his destination to remind people of the importance and urgency of using biodiesel.

and his companions will donate a simple biodiesel processing facility to local residents when they arrive at their destination so they can extract fuel from spent food.