Word: poss
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...Scotland's Fred Goodwin is in Britain. Not a criminal like Madoff, obviously, but someone who overreached, who dreamed too big. "Porsche is another example of how the gambling mentality in global casino capitalism has infiltrated even the most down-to-earth companies and industries in Germany," complained Joachim Poss, a finance expert for the Social Democrats party. (See pictures of American muscle cars...
...Poss has a dirty little habit. The alternative-energy entrepreneur is fixated on trash--collecting it, that is. "The U.S. spends more than $45 billion a year to haul away garbage," Poss explains. "That's 180,000 diesel-burning trucks on our streets every day." Plus, those trucks roll, spewing pollution in their wake, whether trash cans are full or empty. As Poss puts it, "I just knew there had to be a better way." So he invented one: the solar-powered BigBelly Cordless Compaction System...
...Poss has made a career of renewable-energy engineering. He has created a wave-powered generator, various hybrid engines and has worked in solar. In 2003 he started Seahorse Power, which makes BigBelly, using start-up funds from his Babson College M.B.A. program. "Any business effort I made had to have good consequences for the environment," Poss says...
When the bin is full, sensors trigger gears that then compact 180 gal. of waste into 40-lb., easy-to-collect bags. An LED display indicates when the trash is ready to be picked up. Poss has plans for that system to be replaced by a wireless one that will signal when the can is full...
...undesired large pieces in public spaces still remains. Funding issues also come into play, as Arts on the Point remains a small project in terms of money and staff. All pieces are temporarily acquired through donations from foundations and individuals, the most prominent of which include Barbara Lee, The Poss-Kapor Foundation, Nancy Tieken, the LEF Foundation and the Reily Foundation. Intoxicated with his lofty ideals, Tucker shines with enthusiasm about the five pieces that await installation. Excitement, however, takes a continued backseat to local politics, as the miscommunication problem continues. Essaibi claims that the Columbia-Savin Hill Community only...