Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is an area where vehicle is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.
But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have actually pressed up the price of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.
In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one organization is benefiting from the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing rewarding too, already 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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