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, typically leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.
But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have risen the cost of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered into sharp focus.
In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is taking advantage of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing too, already 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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