Did you know that Prince Charles cut his tax bill by £5000 last year despite earning an additional £1 million 
because of some cunning accounting and he also managed to reduce his carbon footprint.
How did he cut his carbon footprint? By converting his sports car to run on cheese and wine.
No, really!
As the Prince states in his own annual review the car now runs on "100% bioethanol made from surplus wine".
Now the wine used is apparently "surplus" English wine which isn't allowed to be sold off for consumers. So old Charlie simply sticks it in his vehicles!
Apparently the exhaust smells like vodka and it cost Charles £5000 to convert his car.
But good on him I say, of course it helps if you have the cash to do this. Onto another alternative fuel nut…
As Neil himself recently said "I feel like I have a lot to do, I really would like to work on the energy problem, on solutions to the oil need."
So what has Neil been doing about it?
He's created a prototype model called the Linc Volt, a 1959 Lincoln Continental which he's converted into an electrically powered, multifuel beast which has its own generators!
He also drives a gargantuan Hummer converted to run on biodiesel and explains his future mission thus…
"What I'm really focused on, is to work out a way to eliminate roadside refuelling and come up with a way to build a car that creates its own fuel and powers the owner's house."
To see more on the technology go take a look at www.lincvolt.com
Now it's true that we may not have the resources of these rather affluent folks but I'm always glad when famous people manage to bring renewable energies into the limelight.
What do you think?
(Thanks to The Times for the quotes)
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