Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is cheap, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.
But this year, as protests across the Middle East have pushed up the cost of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.
In an area that has among the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, currently their client-list contains 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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