Comments on: The Green Woz http://gigaom.com/2007/09/20/the-green-woz/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:14:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jim Beyer http://gigaom.com/2007/09/20/the-green-woz/#comment-7373 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:06:12 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/20/the-green-woz/#comment-7373 Woz shouldn’t have said the Tesla Roadster is problematic because it makes use of coal-fired electricity, as we can find other sources of electricity, including solar and wind power.

Woz should have said the Tesla Roadster is problematic because it isn’t a plug-in hybrid, so more than half of its cost (in extra batteries) ends up being utilized only a few percent of the time (in long trips).

]]> By: CleanTech News http://gigaom.com/2007/09/20/the-green-woz/#comment-7372 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:41:22 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/20/the-green-woz/#comment-7372 Happy to find this piece on CleanTech News… Woz, the great one… I have alot of respect for this guy. He’s done amazing things in the computer industry and if he continues in others, eg the design or construction industry, he’s sure to make a great impact.

]]> By: Preston http://gigaom.com/2007/09/20/the-green-woz/#comment-7371 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:17:22 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/20/the-green-woz/#comment-7371 I don’t know if Woz’s remarks on the Tesla are well put. More like offputting. The idea with the Tesla is not to consider it in isolation, but to consider it in conjunction with other renewable technologies.

Imagine: you work at Google and drive a Tesla. You take advantage of California’s solar incentives, put a nice solar array on your home (in addition to the other smart design things), and you plug in your Tesla at night. Use thermal energy storage or whatever technology works best to use any extra solar surplus to charge at night. When you go to work, you get Google to offer plugs to go with the solar array in the parking lot. That way, you’re covered by solar on both ends. So, to the extent that Tesla drivers can take advantage of these other technologies, it’s not that bad of an idea. It’s part of the overall scheme.

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