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Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where automobile is king and fuel is inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have actually risen the cost 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 business is taking advantage 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 rewarding too, currently their of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

Special report: The Technology of Business

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23 August 2011

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