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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 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 issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually entered into sharp focus.

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, currently their contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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