Richard Branson promotes alternative fuel movement by driving a Saab 9-5 BioPower
Filed under: Flex-Fuel, Green Culture, Transportation Alternatives
Sir Richard Branson has taken delivery of a Saab 9-5 BioPower car. Known for his commitment to fight global warming, Branson says the use of biofuels should be expanded to many industries. Branson's Virgin transportation companies, including Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Trains, are going to reinvest profits into renewable energy, and Virgin Fuels is expected to be a beneficiary. The company was already into bioethanol production and researching other alternative fuels. As for his car, Branson wants the 9-5 to be given an exemption from London's Congestion Charge, which is a fee placed on vehicles entering busy streets.
[Source: Easier Motoring]
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2-26-2007 @ 1:47PM
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2-26-2007 @ 1:50PM
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5-21-2007 @ 1:02PM
Elsena Marsden said...
Try riding a bike! Phil Marsden is! Sponsored ride for Medecin Sans Frontiere, alone, rainswept, with sore knee/ankle, dislocated elbow after an accident caused by a 'ungreen' car, and battered bike! (www.justgiving.com/phillejog2007)Now near Aviemore, and I would love to be at JOG when he gets there in two days but cannot find a plane to take me there. I live at Gatwick! Phil's mum.
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4-08-2008 @ 5:40AM
virtualassistant said...
I hope this biofuel thing will reach the third world countries too. Global warming means global. However we don't have much resources like that to run in our streets but the pollutant causing cars which always gives us an asthma attack.
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