Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is a region where automobile is king and fuel is cheap, typically leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.
But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually pressed up the price of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered sharp focus.
In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one organization is making the most of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing 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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Business
23 August 2011
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