Prince Charles says he ‘totally understands’ groups like Insulate Britain and XR
Prince Charles says he ‘totally understands’ why groups like Insulate Britain and XR bring the country to a standstill – as he reveals his Aston Martin runs on CHEESE and WINE
Prince Charles said he understands the frustrations of climate activists on the environment in BBC interviewPrince of Wales expressed sympathies with groups like Extinction Rebellion and activists like Greta ThunbergHe also revealed the extraordinary green measures that he has personally taken – including restricting his dietCharles also revealed how his Aston Martin has been converted to run on surplus wine and whey from cheese
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Prince Charles has revealed his Aston Martin is powered by cheese and wine and expressed his sympathies for Greta Thunberg and groups like Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain in a wide-ranging interview on the environment.
Speaking to the BBC in Prince George’s Wood, an arboretum Charles has created in the gardens of his house on the Balmoral estate in Aberdeen, the heir to the throne said he is ‘deeply worried’ about the Earth and said that humans are ‘over exploiting’ and damaging nature.
He also said he understands the frustrations of young people and climate activists because they feel like ‘nobody listens’.
Recalling his own encounter with his Extinction Rebellion, the royal recalled how the group staged a sit-in at his Highgrove estate before leaving a letter praising him for his past comments on the climate.
He also revealed how he doesn’t eat meat and fish on two days a week and dairy on one day.
Most remarkably, he explained how he had his Aston Martin converted so it runs on surplus English wine and whey from cheese production. The car, which he has had for 51 years, now runs on a fuel called E85 – made up of 85% bioethanol and 15% unleaded petrol.
Describing his diet, he added: ‘That’s one way to do it. If more people did that it would reduce a lot of the pressure on the environment.’
Speaking about Greta Thunberg and other climate activists, Charles said: ‘All these young people feel nothing is ever happening so of course they’re going to get frustrated. I totally understand because nobody would listen and they see their future being totally destroyed.’
Charles, a long-standing environmental campaigner, said it had taken ‘far too long’ for the world to take the climate crisis seriously.
He added: ‘The point is, people should really notice how despairing so many young are.’
Prince Charles expressed his sympathy for groups like XR and activists like Greta Thunberg in a wide-ranging BBC interview
Charles explained how he had his Aston Martin converted so it runs on surplus English wine and whey from cheese production
Charles went on to list several other green measures he’d taken in recent years as he called on governments to take action.
He said he had switched the heating of Birkhall to biomass boilers, using wood chips from trees felled in the estate’s forest.
The Prince has also installed solar panels at Clarence House, his London residence, and on the farm buildings of Highgrove.
There are also heat pumps at some of his properties and a hydroelectric turbine in the river that runs beside Birkhall.
Despite expressing his sympathies with some climate protesters, he did brand recent demonstrations as ‘unhelpful’.
He said: ‘I understand why they go out but it isn’t helpful I don’t think to do it in a way that alienates people.
‘I totally understand the frustration. The difficulty is how do you direct that frustration in a way that is more constructive than destructive.’
He also criticised world leaders ahead of the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow, branding their efforts as ‘just talk’.
He added: ‘The problem is trying to get action on the ground which I’ve been trying to do for the last 40 years.’
The prince added that the conference was ‘a last chance saloon’ and said it would be ‘a disaster’ if the world did not come together to tackle climate change.
He said: ‘I mean it’ll be catastrophic. It is already beginning to be catastrophic because nothing in nature can survive the stress that is created by these extremes of weather.’
Asked if the UK Government, as the host of Cop26, was doing enough to fight climate change, Charles replied: ‘I couldn’t possibly comment.’
He also expressed his frustration at how business executives still don’t give environmental issues enough priority and said not enough young people have ‘got to the top’ to make a difference.
The Prince of Wales even took aim at electric cars in his interview, warning that they are too expensive and sharing his worries about materials for their batteries.
He said: ‘At the moment there is a huge amount of waste which is really worrying.’
Charles is due to attend a series of events at Cop26, alongside the Queen, the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The 12-day summit aims to secure more ambitious commitments to limit global warming to well below 2C with a goal of keeping it to 1.5C compared with pre-industrial levels.
The conference has been billed as crucial to delivering the goals of the Paris Accord which, when it was agreed in 2015, recognised countries needed to significantly increase action to cut greenhouse gases.
He said he understands the frustrations of young people and climate activists because they feel like ‘nobody listens’
Speaking about Greta Thunberg and other climate activists, Charles said: ‘All these young people feel nothing is ever happening so of course they’re going to get frustrated. I totally understand because nobody would listen and they see their future being totally destroyed’
His comments come after weeks of chaos caused by Insulate Britain blocking motorways and other busy roads across the country.
The group is threatening a fresh wave of mayhem if the Government does not agree to its demands.
It plans to cause more misery by yet again blocking major roads in a series of sit-down protests on Wednesday.
Activists will warn Boris Johnson that he has ten days to commit to their ultimatum on home insulation before they ‘unleash hell’ on innocent drivers simply trying to get to work or see loved ones.
Johnson plans to hit the activists with huge fines and up to six months in jail with new powers dubbed ‘Asbos for crusties’.
But they remain undeterred and have pledged to ‘create a whirlwind’ in their bid to force the Government to insulate all social housing by 2025.
They want to cause as much chaos as possible in the run-up to the COP26 summit in Glasgow next month, with one ringleader saying it would be the ‘icing on the cake’ if protesters were sent to prison on remand.
Activists from Insulate Britain are planning to cause more misery by yet again blocking major roads in a series of sit-down protests on Wednesday, it has been revealed
Protesters from the Extinction Rebellion offshoot have blocked major roads including the M25, M1 and M4 over the past three weeks, and three court injunctions have now been put in place but demonstrations have continued.
The original injunction, granted to National Highways on September 21, banned the demonstrations on the M25 and was followed by a second approved on September 24 which restricted protests around the Port of Dover.
A third injunction was granted on Saturday, banning them from obstructing traffic and access to motorways and major A roads in and around London.
The Prime Minister said the Insulate Britain protesters, who have blocked highways across the South East in recent weeks, have been ‘doing considerable damage to the economy’.
