Comments on: How Green Are Boston’s Green VCs? http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/03/23/how-green-are-bostons-green-vcs/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:27:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Greentech Media: Cleantech Investing » Blog Archive » Are cleantech VCs finally starting to get active again? http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/03/23/how-green-are-bostons-green-vcs/comment-page-1/#comment-52201 Greentech Media: Cleantech Investing » Blog Archive » Are cleantech VCs finally starting to get active again? Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:53:29 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=17137#comment-52201 [...] making some new connections.  (And I drove all 1,000 round-trip miles instead of taking the train, how do you like me now, Xconomy!)  One thing that was impressively clear in DC is how front-and-center energy technology is among [...] [...] making some new connections.  (And I drove all 1,000 round-trip miles instead of taking the train, how do you like me now, Xconomy!)  One thing that was impressively clear in DC is how front-and-center energy technology is among [...]

]]> By: Brad Anderson http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/03/23/how-green-are-bostons-green-vcs/comment-page-1/#comment-51590 Brad Anderson Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:49:14 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=17137#comment-51590 Driving a hybrid may not be the best measure of green-ness. It takes about 100,000 miles of energy savings in driving a brand-new hybrid to "pay for" the environmental cost of building and shipping it to the new "green" owner. (compared to a moderate mileage used car that you already own) Making lifestyle changes like using less and living close to where you work/shop/recreate all have immediate environmental benefits. As does insulating a home - compared to compact fluorescents that are loaded with mercury and probably made in china. More: http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-06/ff_heresies_intro Driving a hybrid may not be the best measure of green-ness. It takes about 100,000 miles of energy savings in driving a brand-new hybrid to “pay for” the environmental cost of building and shipping it to the new “green” owner. (compared to a moderate mileage used car that you already own)

Making lifestyle changes like using less and living close to where you work/shop/recreate all have immediate environmental benefits. As does insulating a home – compared to compact fluorescents that are loaded with mercury and probably made in china.

More: http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-06/ff_heresies_intro

]]> By: fmmodzelewski http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/03/23/how-green-are-bostons-green-vcs/comment-page-1/#comment-51550 fmmodzelewski Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:04:51 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=17137#comment-51550 For the record, except for 2 Saturday trips to Maine a month and occasional drives to CT for family, I put on maybe 5 miles of driving a month on my Dodge Magnum. Which I have solely to cart 3 pit bulls, longboards and art supplies. F Mark Modzelewski For the record, except for 2 Saturday trips to Maine a month and occasional drives to CT for family, I put on maybe 5 miles of driving a month on my Dodge Magnum. Which I have solely to cart 3 pit bulls, longboards and art supplies.

F Mark Modzelewski

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