Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is an area where automobile is king and fuel is cheap, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.
But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have pressed up the price of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.
In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is taking advantage of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already 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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