Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is a region where vehicle is king and fuel is cheap, typically leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.
But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have risen the price of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.
In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, currently their client-list consists of .
Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.
Special report: The Technology of Business
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Business
23 August 2011
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