--- title: "Prince of England Brags That His Aston Martin Runs on Excess Wine and Cheese" description: "Prince Charles, the heir of the British throne, told the BBC that his Aston Martin runs on \"surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese proces.\"" date: "2021-10-12" modified: "2021-10-12" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/prince-england-aston-martin-wine-cheese" categories: - "Science & Energy" tags: - "biofuels" - "ethanol" - "the digest" --- # Prince of England Brags That His Aston Martin Runs on Excess Wine and Cheese ![Prince Charles, the heir of the British throne, told the BBC that his Aston Martin runs on "surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese proces."]() *\Image: Futurism\* ## Cottagecore In a hilariously and suitably snooty remark, Prince Charles, the heir of the British throne, [told the *BBC* in an interview]() that his Aston Martin runs on "surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese process" — a joke, by a crusty old royal, that practically writes itself. "I haven’t eaten meat and fish on two days a week and I don’t eat dairy products on one day a week," he proudly told the *BBC*. "If more did that, you would reduce a lot of the pressure." The monarch made the comments ahead of the the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, likely in order to show his concern for the environment — but experts aren't impressed, [*The Guardian* reports](). ## Not Serious In fact, the use of biofuels could end up being worse for the environment. "Prince Charles’s quaint solution to decarbonize his Aston Martin using a high blend of bioethanol made from cheese and wine wastes should not be mistaken for a serious solution to decarbonize vehicles," Greg Archer, UK director for the clean transport campaign group T&E, told the newspaper. "On a large scale biofuels do more harm than good, driving deforestation and land use change that worsens the climate crisis," he added. E85, the most common form of bioethanol, is made up of 85 percent bioethanol derived from fermented sugars and 15 percent petrol. Other experts argue that it may be the right move broadly speaking, "though food waste really can and will go so far," Chris Malins, a consultant on alternative fuels policy and sustainability, told *The Guardian*. While Prince Charles' comments arguably come off as disconnected from a very troubling reality, he is right about one thing: if we all made a conscious [effort to eat less meat](), it would certainly help the environment. **READ MORE:** [Prince Charles reveals his car runs on cheese and wine byproducts]() \[*The Guardian*\] **More on biofuels:** *[Startup Tests Spacecraft That Runs on Farm-Grown Rocket Fuel]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()