Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have pressed up the price of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first plan to oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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