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 automobile is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.
But this year, as protests throughout the have pushed up the rate of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has entered into sharp focus.
In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one business is taking advantage of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.
Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.
Special report: The Technology of Business
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23 August 2011
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