Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is an area where car is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.
But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually pushed up the cost of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.
In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints in the world, one business is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing rewarding too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.
Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.
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23 August 2011
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Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
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