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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, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

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

In an area that has among the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one organization is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, currently their client-list contains .

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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