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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

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

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme to oil into biodiesel. It's showing rewarding too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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