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Sir Richard Branson Gives Green
Light to Saab BioPower
Photos: Saab
Move over fossil fuel – that’s
just so passé – or that’s the message as the UK ’s most
high-profile and best-known businessman Sir Richard Branson
takes delivery of a Saab 9-5 BioPower.
Sir Richard’s switch to his
Saab flex-fuel car, which runs on the eco-friendly and
renewable fuel source bioethanol E85 (made from plant products
such as wheat and grain), reinforces the Virgin boss’ unwavering
commitment to fighting one of the biggest challenges of our
times – that of global warming.
Speaking today as he took the
keys of his new Saab, Sir Richard said: “I am convinced that
biofuels are the way forward, both for the car and aviation
industries, which is a vision we share with Saab. Now we need to
extend that vision to others. It’s high-time that flex-fuel
cars, such as the Saab 9-5 BioPower, are given the same
concessions in the UK as other green cars, like for example,
exemption from London’s Congestion Charge.”
He continued: “At the moment,
bioethanol is made from a variety of agricultural sources,
whilst in the future, we will see it made from cellulosic waste
matter, such as wood chippings, which really will make it the
ultimate green fuel”
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