Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is low-cost, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.
But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually pressed up the rate of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.
In an area that has among the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one organization is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing 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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