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 an area where vehicle is king and fuel is low-cost, often leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.
But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually pushed up the price of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.
In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints in the world, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.
Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.
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23 August 2011
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