Comments on: It’s Not Easy Being Green http://www.groundsupportworldwide.com/blog/2008/11/10/its-not-easy-being-green/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: A. Caleb Hartley http://www.groundsupportworldwide.com/blog/2008/11/10/its-not-easy-being-green/#comment-113 A. Caleb Hartley Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:03:34 +0000 http://www.groundsupportworldwide.com/blog/2008/11/10/its-not-easy-being-green/#comment-113 You're a brave man, admitting on an aviation ground support blog that you voted democrat (I did too). Thank you for posting about being green. I strongly, deeply, and passionately believe that aviation can operate in harmony with the environment. From a commercial aviation perspective, ground support can make a HUGE impact on the overall emissions and pollution from airports and aviation operations. I was a "ramp rat" during and immediately after college, and I was appalled, even years ago, at parking a belt-loader against a passenger jet and leaving it running for hours while we waited for the bags to arrive after downloading the plane. Why waste that fuel and create that pollution? Well, the answer at the time was that our equipment was so old and decrepit that we were afraid it wouldn't start again if we shut it down for the wait time between flights. So - what is stopping us from designing and using ground equipment that uses hybrid technology like Toyota and Honda and Ford use on passenger road vehicles? IMO, it's a perfect solution to a problem that most people don't even realize exists at airports. But it's a pretty nifty way to reduce aviation's impact at the locations where the industry pollutes most - the airports. Namaste, A. Caleb Hartley http://www.environmentastic.com/blog BS Aviation Management 2000 MBA Entrepreneurship 2006 You’re a brave man, admitting on an aviation ground support blog that you voted democrat (I did too).

Thank you for posting about being green. I strongly, deeply, and passionately believe that aviation can operate in harmony with the environment. From a commercial aviation perspective, ground support can make a HUGE impact on the overall emissions and pollution from airports and aviation operations.

I was a “ramp rat” during and immediately after college, and I was appalled, even years ago, at parking a belt-loader against a passenger jet and leaving it running for hours while we waited for the bags to arrive after downloading the plane. Why waste that fuel and create that pollution?

Well, the answer at the time was that our equipment was so old and decrepit that we were afraid it wouldn’t start again if we shut it down for the wait time between flights.

So - what is stopping us from designing and using ground equipment that uses hybrid technology like Toyota and Honda and Ford use on passenger road vehicles? IMO, it’s a perfect solution to a problem that most people don’t even realize exists at airports. But it’s a pretty nifty way to reduce aviation’s impact at the locations where the industry pollutes most - the airports.

Namaste,
A. Caleb Hartley
http://www.environmentastic.com/blog
BS Aviation Management 2000
MBA Entrepreneurship 2006

]]> By: Tim Lawson http://www.groundsupportworldwide.com/blog/2008/11/10/its-not-easy-being-green/#comment-104 Tim Lawson Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:02:35 +0000 http://www.groundsupportworldwide.com/blog/2008/11/10/its-not-easy-being-green/#comment-104 1.) I am disapointed that you have to bring politics in. I think you will be come to regret your vote. 2.) "Global warming" is not real. It is a theory not based on fact, used to scare people. We need to learn to teach conservation and recycleing without resorting to fear tactics. Because after awhile you become the little boy who cried WOLF. In closeing I believe very much in conserveing what we have, recycling what we can, and protecting the environment. I do not believe in "global warming" Thank you Tim 1.) I am disapointed that you have to bring politics in. I think you will be come to regret your vote.
2.) “Global warming” is not real. It is a theory not based on fact, used to scare people. We need to learn to teach conservation and recycleing without resorting to fear tactics. Because after awhile you become the little boy who cried WOLF.
In closeing I believe very much in conserveing what we have, recycling what we can, and protecting the environment. I do not believe in “global warming”
Thank you
Tim

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