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 low-cost, often leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.
But this year, as throughout the Middle East have pushed up the price of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.
In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints in the world, one organization is taking advantage of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative 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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