Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The is a region where automobile is king and fuel is low-cost, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.
But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have pressed up the price of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered into sharp focus.
In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints in the world, one company is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, currently their client-list contains 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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