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 cheap, often leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.
But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually pressed up the price of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.
In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints in the world, one service is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving rewarding too, currently 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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