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Prince Charles tricks out his Aston Martin to run on wine.
Prince Charles has apparently converted his Aston Martin to run on wine, according to a Daily Mail story.
Now yes, I know, technically the car is not running on wine, but rather, on biofuel that has been distilled from wine. Still, I wonder if the emissions have a certain, well, grape aroma, perhaps with subtle oak shadings or a hint of mango or lychee.
As my colleague Alexis Larsen — she of Lounge Lizards fame — puts it, the prince is proving that “Being green can be very cool.”
And who’da thunk Prince Charles would ever be the epitome of cool?
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By chiefwino
July 2, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this
If you get stuck behind a car burning biodiesel (made with french fry oil) and one burning wine, you would be so hungry by the time you get home from work that you might even drink a wine from Hooterville.By Nancy
July 1, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this
Hmmm. A liter of gasoline in England is about $2. One gallon = about 3.78 liters. That’s about $7.50 a gallon. Five liters of Franzia Chardonnay in a box in Ohio is around $15. Five liters = 1.3 gallons. That would be about $11 a gallon, and wine in bottle would be even more money. This English wine must be pretty bad to be made into fuel for a car! I made some dandelion wine last year that would qualify!By Greg
July 1, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this
I wonder if you can get a “buzz” following along behind. I’m sure it beats the smell of diesel fumes. (unless of course he’s burning “Mad Dog 20/20”).