I felt sorry watching the puppet-like “Prince of Wheels” wobbling about on an electric bike for the first time, surrounded by photographers and journalists. Apparently he thought it’d work like a scooter, not realising he had to pedal. Oh dear. More »
Prince Charles has discovered the perfect use for crappy English wine: He is using it as biofuel for his classic Aston Martin DB6. The Prince converted the 38-year old car to accept ethanol to play his part in reducing carbon emissions in the UK. The wine in question is a white distilled from the excess stock of a vineyard near Swindon, Wiltshire, which has the leftover wine because of EU quota restrictions, and not because it sucks or anything. Chuck’s ride gets an awfully low 10mpg, equal to 4.5bwpm (bottles of wine per mile), but it pairs nicely with his tilapia-powered subwoofer, so who’s to complain? [Daily Mail via Jalopnik]
