Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little reward to more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.
But this year, as protests across the Middle East have risen the price of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.
In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one organization is making the most of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing 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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