Prince Charles' Aston Martin Hybrid Runs On Wine

The Chevy Volt, a new kind of hybrid announced by General Motors, was recently called "the Barack Obama of automobiles." Prince Charles is hoping he can do the same thing with his revamped Aston Martin. The prince, long environmentally conscious, has turned his cherished sports car into a hybrid that runs on wine:

In his latest effort to help the environment, the prince has converted his 38-year-old Aston Martin to run on fuel made from surplus English wine.

The move, part of a drive to reduce his carbon footprint, emerged in an annual review of the Prince's activities. It shows he has already hit his target of cutting carbon emissions by 12.5 per cent by 2012, in line with the Government's Kyoto target.

Aides said this was partly due to the pattern of Royal trips set by the Foreign Office. He has now doubled the target to a 25 per cent fall in emissions by 2018.

Converting the Aston Martin played a small but symbolic role. The Prince's chief aide Sir Michael Peat said: 'Charles only travelled two or three hundred miles a year in the Aston but he wanted it to be environmentally friendly. It just happened that our bioethanol supplier makes the fuel from surplus English wine.'

Comments

[BaileyWo]

Let me guess: The price on shares of Boons Farm have gone through the roof.

[siri2k]

It's good to see the prince doing something worthwhile for the planet.
I'll drink to that!
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[darthdarcy]

Aston Matins are awesome his must be a 1969 or 1970 it looks brand new..also no computer or catalytic converted to mess things up so easier to convert..it's nice to see the prince can appreciate something so fine and not just what's new...

[BaileyWo]

I'm sure Camella would agree.

[jaundicedview]

An Aston Martin that runs on wine just has a "Let them eat Cake" ring to it

[Blackbird]

I run on Scotch.

[jsarets]

Single malt, I presume?

[scouserinlondon]

I am sniffing your exhaust pipe.

[bibb]

My husband runs on beer, which produces it own natural gas!

[Oilygarch]

All I can say is that British wine must be really tasty for there to be such surplus. Yuuum!

;-)

[BaileyWo]

No, it's all French wine. The English won't touch it since Tony Blair and George Bush located the address of the Bordeaux in a Paris suburb.

[scouserinlondon]

Bush can read a map/

Bush can read? Oh. O.K. .....just so long as it is not joined up writing,

[Kassandra]

Just a bit of history here: The real reason for Prohibition in the 1920's? Rockefeller didn't want competition from the stills interfering with his new, profitable Standard Oil Company. The cars then could run on alcohol! Neat rick to involve the government and actually procure an amendment to the Constitution to make sure your business succeeds, eh? Oh, wait, they're still doing it....

But they blamed the anti-alcohol crusade by Temperance movement, most of whom were women. It was just easier that way.

So, again, profits from oil cost lots of people their lives and their freedom.

[scouserinlondon]

Thanks,Never knew that.So, in a way, all those involved in illegal booze activities were in reality standing up for the working man against big business and the Govt .Wow, I am looking upon Capone in a different light,,,,,,he wasn't just a hood...he was like a Robin Hood!!!!!!! Wonder if Maid Marion was a MADE woman..........and the Robber Barons were Beer Barons.?I'll be quiet now.
Seriously, thanks for the info.

[Kassandra]

Well, when you think about it, Prohibition caused organized crime in the first place. And now that we have "the War on Drugs" organized crime has expanded exponentially.
I think our gov LIKES OC. They do alot of dirty deeds for the CIA especially.

I don't glamorize gangsters, by the way. Capone was a ruthless killer and a syphilitic madman to boot. They just took advantage of an opportunity that presented itself courtesy of crooked politicians, same as today.

[EarthToZoey]

I want a car that runs on the tears of baby kittens.

/irony

[WIpatriot]

I want one that runs on the life force of Pubbies. I would drive around all day just to create more demand.

[whereswaldoandobl]

Yes but you need a car that runs on leaded Pubbie life force. Lead is a large part of their composition when they are rendered down. That's why they're all nuts.:-)

[scouserinlondon]

Life force?I thought they were dead from the toes up.. Brain dead.

[scouserinlondon]

That;s too sad, But howsabout a car that runs on all the hot air that O,Reilly ,,Coulter et al spouts?
Maybe Bush's hot air .....just "" the surge is working""would at least get you down to the shops .............
Green driving and in car entertainment all in one.............well I think they are funny.......stark raving mad,...but funny.
I'm orrff to fill up the jolly old jalopey,old bean.........CHEERS!!!! HIC!!!

[Cathexis]

Earth2Zooey: Ah, then you want the GOP2008!

[mergina]

How far away are the flying cars that run on garbage like Back to the Future i wonder?

[EarthToZoey]

L. O. freaking L.

The PRINCE drives an ASTON MARTIN that runs on WINE. Hilarious!

Do you think ol' Charlie reeeaaally cares that much about the environment or is it that he just thinks a car that runs on wine is "spectacularly fashionable" (said with a snobby, nasal voice)

What an elitist tool.

[trustmeimnotalawyer]

"{(said with a snobby, nasal voice)"

You mean that's not your natural voice?

[Oilygarch]

No, you're cornfusing it with the voice of a car that runs on hellium. *LOL*

[dennybop]

There's no doubt in my mind that Charles Windsor is an elitist tool. But it's undeniable that he's long been a proponent of environmental stewardship. BTW, why do you and others non-Brits here refer to him as "Prince". Americans aren't obliged to recognize princes or potentates. In fact many Brits feel exactly the same way!

[scouserinlondon]

It is his title....Like President Bush.
I believe it is called common courtesy.
Dislike or non-approval of something is no excuse to forget your manners.

[trustmeimnotalawyer]

Wow. Childish much?

[Soule23]

Please. To me, childishness personified is a doddering old man who drives around an Aston Martin that runs on wine while masquerading his arrogance as ecofriendliness.

[AdobePhsyko]

Charlie has Always been a bit of a Freak.
C'mon He divorced Diana so he could Marry a Dude

[scouserinlondon]

Camilla a DUDE!!!....REALLY this is just too much. Show some respect. for the wife of the future King, I understood that a dude was a person that was ,as you Americans say "" LAID BACK(?)""
CAMILLA.........LAID BACK!!! HOW DARE YOU.....you whippersnapper Colonial.
Errmm, on second thoughts,, laid back,,,,mmmm yes,,,,that is how she got to be the wife of the future King in the first place.She was so LAID back she was horizontal.You are right ....abject apologies.......
From henceforth she shall be known throughout the width and breadth of the Kingdom as Her Royal Dude, The Dudeness of Cornwall.

[GotRights]

English wine tastes like petrol anyway.

[samstone]

" English wine tastes like petrol anyway. " Hilarious...apply as staff writer to the Daily Show immediately. Jolly good show, mate !

[scouserinlondon]

After a "tankfull;" who cares about the taste.

[RedWolverine]

Wrong.

It runs on the backs of British Taxpayers who are forced to pay for this scum to live like a welfare queen.

[smithers]

Actually the Royal Family costs the British public 66p per year per capita while enjoying an overwhelming approval rating. That translates to about $1.30 per year US. That's less than you spend on acne cream per week.

[GotRights]

But acne cream is useful for something.

[Soule23]

Will the British public kindly spend 66 per capita per year on my family? Or would that be too much to ask?

[Mort]

AYes, but acne cream gets rid of pus and infection.

[kingcityguru]

Well at least it gets better mileage than his sports can that runs on caviar.

More stupidity in the name of the environmental religion.

[TexasMike]

Well, if he needs more wine for fuel, there's enough lousy american wine to run a fleet of cruise ships. I bet English wine beats the sewer water from here any day. The funny thing is here, they do one movie about wine and now they're all experts. Har Har. Yeah american wine and beer. Yuk.

[kahn10]

The irony of this article is so deep and multifaceted I am unsure of which way to go with it. Ohh...ummm....forget it, I'm just going to go decrease my carbon footprint by not driving my half-million dollar english sports car at all. Good luck with beating this one into the ground.

[Dayahka]

Jeez, Charles has been running on wine for decades, so this is fitting. Next, will he change his horse into a wino?

[MissKaren]

I love it. Can you imagine driving up to a filling station and being asked "white or red?"

[scouserinlondon]

The Queen Mum ran on Gin pre lunch; finest Claret during, and Marini's. thereafter for the rest of the day (speclally mixed off course)One time at Clarence House her London home (Claret House!!)
the Queen Mum was patiently awaiting her One O'Clock Gin which was late in showing up.Her faithful servant Billy.The Page of The Back Stairs (yes,that is the actual title!!!)was downstairs in the kitchens gossiping with other members of the Palace Gay Mafia...........Eventually the need for a little sharpener caused the Queen Mum to ring the kitchens and say to Billy"When you Old Queens have stopped gossiping, this Old Queen would like her gin!!!!"True Story.

[scouserinlondon]

I think he married her