Prince Charles Runs Aston Martin on English Wine
Bonnie Prince Charles, in a symbolic gesture, has converted his 38 year old Aston Martin rag top to run on ethanol, derived from English Wine. Aides said the action was due to the pattern of Royal trips set by the Foreign Office.
Prince Charles Chief Aide, Sir Michael Peat is quoted as saying:
‘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.’
The Prince has been reducing his carbon footprint, already cutting carbon emissions by 12.5 percent, in line with the Government’s Kyoto target. He has since doubled the target to a 25 percent reduction in emissions by 2018.
