Comments on: Burning Man takes on green tech

Organizers of the festival decide to put their money and energy where their mouth is and promote environmental responsibility.
Images: Celebrating clean tech at Burning Man

[Marcus Westrup]

I guess it's a start.

Now, if they can just do something about the half-million plus gallons of fuel needed by people and trucks to Get to the event each year...

[thebumboys]

It's trickle up

The amount of harmfull fuel for transportation to the event will evolve into less fuel and cleaner fuel by the green theme of the event and the altruism of the events participants. So yes they are doing something about the harmfull/wasteful fuels that it costs to even gather people of like minds who are activly doing something about the process.

[OldTimeFlamer]

better places to start

At least we're working on it.

Meanwhile, how many gallons of petroleum are consumed traveling to Disney, or even just your local movie houses?

Also, turns out the Burners who left the event and went directly to the Gulf Coast after hearing the news about Katrina were very effective contributors to the disaster response. Seems that something about surviving in unstructured anarchy translated well to the hurricane aftermath. Maybe we should just consider it a better training investment than FEMA's budget!

Check out <http://www.burnerswithoutborders.org/global-action/worldwide/notes-from-the-field/katrina-disaster-relief-effort/> for more about the Katrina relief project...

[felgercarbnaysay]

What about reducing Marijuana smoke emissions?

Not likely at this festival of techno-bohemian bacchanalia.

[wiley14]

What about the trees they burned?

Exactly what point are they trying to make when they burned all the trees. My guess is they used petroleum to start the fires. I really don't get how they can point the finger at everyone else when they are contributing to pollution and excessive use of natural resources themselves.

[stiltboybob]

I think Burning Man is probably able to coordinate a more systematic analysis of the environmental costs and benefits, in and outside of the event (coolingman.org is a start). A lot of smart people attend; if greater awareness (along with communal enjoyment) is one of the event's objectives, then this should be prioritized. Can't the event be a leader in coordinating responsibility (and accountability) for its impact - both positive and negative? I think it could.