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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 low-cost, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually pressed up the cost of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually entered into sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints in the world, one is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, already their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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