The question: How can you fuel a car with wine? | The Guardian view story

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guardian.co.uk — In his mission to help the environment, Prince Charles has converted his 38-year-old Aston Martin to run on fuel made from surplus English plonk...

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  1. >> Think of hillbillies brewing up staggeringly alcoholic moonshine and you're most
    of the way there. The modern miracle of turning wine into automotive fuel is all down
    to the fine art of distillation.

    When Aston Martin heard that Prince Charles wanted to run his DB5 run-around on bioethanol,
    they contacted Gloucester-based Green Fuels for help. The company bought in 8,000 litres of
    surplus white wine from a nearby vineyard - for a mere 1p a litre - and ran it through their distillery.
    Understandably, the vineyard's owner is keeping his head down, for fear of mobs in search of free plonk. <<

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23631_24 loup.dargent submitted this on July 2, 2008.