If Only Gilligan Knew...

Locals in Papua New Guinea have finally done the impossible- used the coconut for something other than a novelty brazziere. Faced with the rising cost of gasoline, the intrepid islanders have begun brewing a coconut-based fuel in backyard refineries:

Matthias Horn, a German migrant and an engineer, operates one such refinery.

"They sometimes refer to me as the Mad German because how can you do that to your car... filling it with some coconut juice that you normally fry your fish in," he said.

Funny. I normally fry my fish in gasoline (unleaded, of course).

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