Comments for Greener Gotham

Comment on Windy City’s Gusts Supply Power to Stylish Turbines | Fast Company by Maria C R Harrington

Maria C R Harrington — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:37:47 +0000

WOW, I want one!

Comment on Cities continue to struggle to pass ‘green’ taxi rules | WSJ by Alan Hellawell

Alan Hellawell — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:47:54 +0000

they’re already all over the streets of shanghai. i finished a meeting the other day at a start-up in shanghai, and two of them happened to be waiting outside the office. these taxis look like they should rest on elevated rails at disneyworld

Comment on Cities continue to struggle to pass ‘green’ taxi rules | WSJ by Ken Davies

Ken Davies — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:46:14 +0000

Well, Hong Kong managed to do it ten years ago, remember, Adam? Why is it taking so long for the US?

Comment on Losing Our Cool: The high price of air conditioning – Salon.com by Monica Titera

Monica Titera — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:51:58 +0000

Meant to include this link: Uncomfortable Truths of Air Conditioning
http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2010/jul/07/uncomfortable-truths-our-air-conditioned-world/

Comment on Losing Our Cool: The high price of air conditioning – Salon.com by Monica Titera

Monica Titera — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:57:43 +0000

Yup, AC units seem to generate as much hot air as cold, raising the temp of the whole city. (not sure if ppl notice how much their city’s temp drops during brown outs/ black outs.) I prefer to throw open my windows, turn on the cieling fan, & pretend I’m on a tropical island, with a cold cervesa in hand…. Ahhhh… Que refrescante!

Comment on Losing Our Cool: The high price of air conditioning – Salon.com by Ken Davies

Ken Davies — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:49:23 +0000

NYT also tells you about diving into dumpsters http://tinyurl.com/2fd3yt3 and other ways of staying cool http://tinyurl.com/2u2oepr. Even the Grauniad has an article on where to stay cool in NYC http://tinyurl.com/ooz7q9.

Comment on Losing Our Cool: The high price of air conditioning – Salon.com by Than Hansen

Than Hansen — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:38:00 +0000

I’m reading a lot of articles on this recently. One more reason to turn more of the City onto NYC Cool Roofs, to mitigate the heat island effect and reduce our usage (or at least better enable us to leave AC’s at 78 instead of 72).

Comment on Bold Public-Private Venture Aims to Make Portland, Ore. City an ‘Icon of Sustainability’ by Chesley Hicks

Chesley Hicks — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:28:06 +0000

Digging your blog, AA. Great work. Thanks for doing it.

Comment on Lester Brown on The Return of the Bicycle | Earth Policy Institute, Book Bytes by Monica Titera

Monica Titera — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:34:37 +0000

You get 7 miles per potato on your bike? – I love it!
NY would do well to adopt the European model: incentivizing bike usage and discouraging auto use in central areas. Increased bike parking, and more fully integrating bike lanes with public transport would be a great start. Thanks for sharing, Ad!

Comment on Should cities install moving sidewalks? – By Tom Vanderbilt – Slate Magazine by Jane Hill

Jane Hill — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:02:33 +0000

seems a bit silly … lots of effort for very little savings in most places … and potentially lots of chaos. But at least people would be “walking” and not driving!