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, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.
But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have actually pushed up the rate of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.
In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to find to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, currently their client-list consists of 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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