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, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have risen the price of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is taking advantage of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to oil into biodiesel. It's proving profitable too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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