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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have actually risen the price of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one is making the most of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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