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The European Union has mandated maximum amounts of wine that any given vineyard can produce in a single year, and if a fruitful year results in excess, it often goes to waste. Green Fuels Limited provides the tech to convert those unneeded spirits into burnable fuel, which the Prince will now use to motor with the top down in his lovely DB6 Volante (an example of which is pictured above). Many of his other cars have also been converted to run on biodiesel created from recycled cooking oil, and these changes, plus others, have enabled Charles to reduce his carbon footprint an impressive 18-percent since last year. [Source: autoblog and CNN]
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Subscribe to commentsReaderJul 2nd 2008 3:30PM
Goddamn I feel nerdy. Was wondering how/why this computer was running on WINE in Linux...
ConstantineJul 2nd 2008 3:35PM
I run on wine too. Pass the Petrus and I'll prove it.
Unknown UserJul 4th 2008 2:17PM
ROFLMBOOOOO Yeah, share the wealth please!! lol
IntlTrvlerJul 4th 2008 6:50AM
What a wonderful idea. Maybe we could find a way to use the excess grains and corn that Farmers here are paid not to grow. Cheers for Prince Charles.
PaulJul 7th 2008 1:48PM
Just for all you ethanol-ics...FYI - if you do your homework...it takes TWO gallons of petrol to make ONE gallon of ethanol. WHY, WHY, WHY is the US government insistent on perpetuating this myth that ethanol is the wave of the future? Do a search...there's a car being produced in Japan that our government does NOT want people to know about that runs on WATER! Spread the word!
RDelSardoJul 4th 2008 7:21AM
It's easy to be green when the green in your pocket is so plentiful.
Sherry VadneyJul 4th 2008 7:50AM
Kudos for Prince Charles. We should all be considering alternative fuel sources, one day we're going to wake up, or rather our grandchildren are, and find that the "futuristic movies" we watch are actually truth; living underground, walking around with an oxygen tanks on our backs. Again, kudos PC.
G.L.Jul 4th 2008 9:24AM
Well,dagnappitt,if we get sent sent to the drunk tank for drinking and driving,so should the prince's Aston Martin !!!! Get a tow truck,IT'S under arrest !!!!
Lorrie CurrieJul 4th 2008 9:29AM
Kudos to the Prince at least he is making the attempt to make the correct choices for our environment. Whether it is because he has money or not at least he is making a difference and I say MY hat is off to him.
AlJul 4th 2008 9:32AM
Amazing how you can take a lame story like converting a car to run on ethanol and make it a cultural phenomenon by changing a few words.
G.L.Jul 4th 2008 9:37AM
Well,dagnappitt,if they send us to the drunk tank for drinking and driving,they should do the same to the prince's Aston Martin !!! Get a tow truck,IT'S under arrest !!!
mariam kinslowJul 4th 2008 9:49AM
so tell me now if he,s speeding down the road and the police pull him over do they give the car the breath test,the heel to heel walk the line test and charge the car with dwi or what.because the car runs on wine so who is drunk??????????????????????????????????
Jerry SheltonJul 4th 2008 10:34AM
Just don't follow too close- You might be charged with DUI from breathing the exhaust fumes!
mary bJul 4th 2008 11:21AM
How do I get a few gallons of that leftover wine? I prefer a dryer Riesling.
JJJul 4th 2008 2:15PM
ROFLMBOOOOOO Yeah, share the wealth please!! lol
PaulJul 7th 2008 1:48PM
Sheesh! And here I have to spend $1.98 to get a good bottle of Thunderbird!
JOSEPH TOWNSENDJul 21st 2008 4:25PM
FYI IF YOU USED SOLAR PANELS TO DISTIL THE ETHANOL NO FOSSIL FUELS WILL BE NEEDED. I WOULD THINK THAT AMMERICAN CAR MAKERS SHOULD WAKE UP AND PRODUCE NEW CARS IN THE WAKE OF TOYOTA WHAT HAPPEND TO "MADE WITH PRIDE IN THE U.S.A.