NS Prince CharlesA longtime environmentalist and lover of luxury cars, he said one of his Aston Martins has been modified to run on “cheese” and “wine”.
In an interview with the BBC on Monday (11), the prince said he had modified the car to be able to supply it with renewable fuel.
The car, which she’s owned for more than 50 years, runs on 85% bioethanol and 15% unleaded gasoline. In the mix goes the surplus from local wine production and whey from cheese making.
eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II The heir to the British crown will attend COP26, the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, with his 95-year-old mother.
Understand Greta’s frustration
Prince Charles of the United Kingdom and Greta Thunberg in a montage – Photo: AP-AFP / g1
Oh, Duke of Cambridge He also said he “understands” the activists’ frustration like swedish Greta ThunbergWhich accuses politicians of staying out of the climate emergency.
“All these young people think nothing has happened, so of course they are frustrated,” the 72-year-old said.
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He also said he understood why environmental groups such as Extinction Rebellion (XR) were protesting and blocking roads, actions that the British government had repeatedly condemned.
He suggested that “the difficulty is how to deal with this frustration in a constructive rather than destructive manner.”
Charles fears that world leaders gathered at COP26, which begins October 31 in Glasgow, will “just talk” rather than take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Since the signing of the Paris climate accords in 2015, the transition to cleaner economies has progressed very slowly toward limiting global warming to +2°C, and much less to +1.5°C, compared to the late 19th century.
Charles warned that the impact would be “disastrous” if ambitious measures were not taken, noting that he himself had stopped eating meat and fish two days a week.
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