Comments on: Q&A with Austin Mayor Will Wynn http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/ Helping the Earth with Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:02:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Yifat Cohen http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-2804 Yifat Cohen Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:01:05 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-2804 <p>It's funny to hear the mayor talk about green energy and how much money it's going to make a lot of people (who exactly?)</p> <p>When he was approached by Ethos Environmental, a publicly traded company whose products eliminate (yes, eliminate) CO emissions, while providing a net gain in mileage above cost (meaning, people save money by using their lubricant), he turned them down and wasn't willing to even meet with them.</p> <p>Allied Waste in California has saved $34 million in the 6 years it's been using Ethos in their vehicles, and has won the Earth Day award for reducing pollution and harmful emissions by 500 tons per year.</p> <p>If just 10% of Austin's drivers used Ethos in their vehicles, 200 tons of carbon pollution will be prevented from entering the atmosphere every day! That is 73,000 tons per year!</p> <p>I've no idea how much money CapMetro is losing on every ozone day they offer, but I do know that if they started using Ethos in their buses, just like Allied Waste did in CA, they might be able to save enough money on gas and maintenance so that they won't have to raise their fairs.</p> <p>And as for the mayor - I hope he could put his words into action - Use Ethos in the city's vehicles, and reinvest the millions of dollars he's save back into the city.</p> It’s funny to hear the mayor talk about green energy and how much money it’s going to make a lot of people (who exactly?)

When he was approached by Ethos Environmental, a publicly traded company whose products eliminate (yes, eliminate) CO emissions, while providing a net gain in mileage above cost (meaning, people save money by using their lubricant), he turned them down and wasn’t willing to even meet with them.

Allied Waste in California has saved $34 million in the 6 years it’s been using Ethos in their vehicles, and has won the Earth Day award for reducing pollution and harmful emissions by 500 tons per year.

If just 10% of Austin’s drivers used Ethos in their vehicles, 200 tons of carbon pollution will be prevented from entering the atmosphere every day! That is 73,000 tons per year!

I’ve no idea how much money CapMetro is losing on every ozone day they offer, but I do know that if they started using Ethos in their buses, just like Allied Waste did in CA, they might be able to save enough money on gas and maintenance so that they won’t have to raise their fairs.

And as for the mayor – I hope he could put his words into action – Use Ethos in the city’s vehicles, and reinvest the millions of dollars he’s save back into the city.

]]> By: Cities Are Key to Greentech Progress « Earth2Tech http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-2009 Cities Are Key to Greentech Progress « Earth2Tech Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:01:36 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-2009 <p>[...] All this was achieved with only $8 million from the Department of Energy. How? The coalitions put their “Clean Cities” status to work and won 165 grants worth more than $87 million. This money is key in stimulating the local business environments for green tech. These government programs and vehicles also serve as free advertising for the greentech industry. A green-friendly environment can help drive the development of local green tech industry, as the city of Austin has found. [...]</p> [...] All this was achieved with only $8 million from the Department of Energy. How? The coalitions put their “Clean Cities” status to work and won 165 grants worth more than $87 million. This money is key in stimulating the local business environments for green tech. These government programs and vehicles also serve as free advertising for the greentech industry. A green-friendly environment can help drive the development of local green tech industry, as the city of Austin has found. [...]

]]> By: Putting the 'public' in public service | Greenbang.com http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1518 Putting the 'public' in public service | Greenbang.com Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:01:05 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1518 <p>[...] though, he seems to really get it. Politicians in the UK would do well to look him up, we think. More from earth2tech: Q. There are a lot of debates about what clean energy options are viable. What are you excited [...]</p> [...] though, he seems to really get it. Politicians in the UK would do well to look him up, we think. More from earth2tech: Q. There are a lot of debates about what clean energy options are viable. What are you excited [...]

]]> By: Ken http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1481 Ken Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:08:51 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1481 <p>Nice write-up! Shameless plug:</p> <p>http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/austin.jsp</p> <p>Short version of our full report from last year.</p> <p>Cheers, Ken</p> Nice write-up! Shameless plug:

http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/austin.jsp

Short version of our full report from last year.

Cheers,
Ken

]]> By: Hugo JUNOT http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1473 Hugo JUNOT Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:26:58 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1473 <p>Before getting too gushy about Will Wynn being "green"...</p> <p>Please take into account that Mr. Mayor and his council all but rubber-stamped a recent incident where Wal-Mart was granted permits by City of Austin to build the largest regional "supercenter" in the midst of a residential neighborhood in central Austin... without a single public hearing!</p> <p>Residents joined forces to sue for reconsideration of the permits, and the case is now going to trial: http://www.rg4n.org/</p> <p>As a long-time Austin resident who recently moved back to California, I'll agree that the local electric utility in Austin has been progressive. However, between the Wal-Mart fiasco and the fact that Austin tolerates hazardous levels of ozone pollution several months out of the year (its "Austin, A Clean Air City" moniker notwithstanding) one might laugh at hearing it called "Green".</p> Before getting too gushy about Will Wynn being “green”…

Please take into account that Mr. Mayor and his council all but rubber-stamped a recent incident where Wal-Mart was granted permits by City of Austin to build the largest regional “supercenter” in the midst of a residential neighborhood in central Austin… without a single public hearing!

Residents joined forces to sue for reconsideration of the permits, and the case is now going to trial: http://www.rg4n.org/

As a long-time Austin resident who recently moved back to California, I’ll agree that the local electric utility in Austin has been progressive. However, between the Wal-Mart fiasco and the fact that Austin tolerates hazardous levels of ozone pollution several months out of the year (its “Austin, A Clean Air City” moniker notwithstanding) one might laugh at hearing it called “Green”.

]]> By: Earth2Tech Week In Review « Earth2Tech http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1468 Earth2Tech Week In Review « Earth2Tech Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:43:32 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1468 <p>[...] the greenest mayor of them all? Austin mayor Will Wynn is so eco he publishes his electricity bill in the paper to show how a little energy management can produce [...]</p> [...] the greenest mayor of them all? Austin mayor Will Wynn is so eco he publishes his electricity bill in the paper to show how a little energy management can produce [...]

]]> By: Austin, Traffic Delays, Last.fm, & Excel Tips « GigaOM http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1391 Austin, Traffic Delays, Last.fm, & Excel Tips « GigaOM Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:10:27 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/13/qa-with-austin-mayor-will-wynn/#comment-1391 <p>[...] The real green mayor, and no not Gavin Newsom. (Earth2Tech) [...]</p> [...] The real green mayor, and no not Gavin Newsom. (Earth2Tech) [...]

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