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, often leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.
But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have risen the rate of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.
In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one organization is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving profitable too, already their client-list consists of McDonald's.
Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.
Special report: The Technology of Business
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23 August 2011
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