Prince Charles
His Aston Martin runs on white wine and whey
Prince Charles is a fan of the environment.
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Prince Charles’ famous Aston Martin drives with “English white wine and cheese-making whey” to improve the environmental balance.
Ecological pioneer in the dark blue Aston Martin: Prince Charles (72) has long relied on ecological alternatives and sustainability. And so it is not surprising that he is also open to new ideas when it comes to auto fuel.
His famous dark blue sports car is operated “with excess white wine and whey from cheese production,” said the son of Queen Elizabeth I. (95) in an interview with the “BBC” in the run-up to the UN climate conference. This takes place from October 31st to November 12th in Glasgow, Scotland.
Pioneering role of Prince Charles
Some people doubt whether their Aston Martin can actually achieve the desired improved environmental balance with this type of biofuel. “Prince Charles’ curious solution to running his Aston Martin with a high blend of bioethanol from cheese and wine waste should not be confused with a serious solution to reducing vehicle carbon,” said Greg Archer, UK Director of T&E. a European campaign group for clean traffic, the “Guardian”. “On a large scale, biofuels do more harm than good because they drive deforestation and land use change, which exacerbates the climate crisis,” he said.
The car, which Prince Charles has owned for fifty years, has been converted so that it can run on a fuel mixture of 85 percent bioethanol and 15 percent unleaded gasoline, the so-called E85.
Like Dr. Chris Mallins, a consultant on alternative fuels and sustainability, explains that the Prince’s case is an “isolated case” and is basically not suitable as a concrete model. At the same time, he said that Charles was in a way leading the way. “The UK has a policy of relatively aggressively pushing for more technology to be developed that uses other elements – if not cheese and wine – when food waste really can and does go that far,” Mallins said. “However, it will be necessary to develop more advanced technology.”
William and Kate’s wedding car
Royal fans have known the chic vehicle since the wedding of Charles’ son Prince William (39) to Kate Middleton (39) on April 29, 2011 in Westminster Abbey in London. After the wedding, the newly married couple drove through the city by car.