Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is an area where cars and truck is king and fuel is cheap, typically leaving little reward to more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.
But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have pushed up the cost of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered into sharp focus.
In a region that has among the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one company is taking advantage of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable 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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