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, little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.
But this year, as protests across the Middle East have pressed up the price of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered sharp focus.
In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.
Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.
Special report: The Technology of Business
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23 August 2011
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Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
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