'Jeeves, Be A Good Man And Fill Up The Aston Martin With Chablis, Won't You?'
Just when you thought it was safe to make fun of Britain's floppy-eared, clown-nosed, chinless wonder, Prince Charles turns around and makes a stand-up move: deciding to fuel his Aston Martin DB5 with low-impact bioethanol.
And then, just when you realized it might no longer be safe to make fun of Britain's floppy-eared, clown-nosed, chinless wonder, Prince Charles decided to pour white wine into his automobile.
Once Aston Martin heard tell of the Prince's green ambitions, they hooked him up with a company called Green Fuels, which distiled 99.8% pure ethanol from 8,000 liters of "surplus" white wine from a nearby vintner. (It was not, you can safely bet, a woody but crisp Sancerre.)
Green Fuels then added some whey ferment from... um... from local cheesemakers. And a little gasoline.
At $8.30 a gallon, this solution remains princely. And weird. And eco-friendly.
I'm so torn: do I make fun of the Prince for fueling his convertible with wine and cheese, or do I applaud the prince for reducing his carbon footprint? I know, I'll do both - I'll have my cake wine and eat drive it, too.
Prince Charles Fuels His Car With Wine [UberReview]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, In Your Car on 2 July 2008
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Will the peasants be following the car, hoping for a hint of the sweet wine-and-cheesy goodness of his exhaust? That's the true sign of royalty.
well, their gas prices for normal gas arent really all that far from that so its not really as bad as it sounds.
and id rather them use boxed franzia to make fuel than corn. corn drives up food prices insanely. if you havent noticed the hikes in the grocery store yet.
Actually, uh... $8.30/gal is pretty damn good for the UK. The average price of unleaded petrol (as taken from http://www.petrolprices.com/ ) is 119.0p per liter, which, according to google calculator, is $8.96 per gallon.
Of course, the Aston DB5 he's driving apparently gets about 15 mpg normally, so it kind of begs the question why anyone would drive it if they want to be environmentally conscious.
(Just as a note, I'm atrocious at math, so thanks in advance if anyone corrects me on this.)