YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to Take on Starbucks

Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to... by idlewords on Thursday July 23, 2015 @07:05PM (#9939043)

"The Wheelys 1.0 is 100% powered by the sun, natural butane gas and your own body- making it's not only CO2 neutral, but carbon footprint negative"

What's the source of the butane? I can't seem to find more info on their site.

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Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to... by Plough_Jogger on Thursday July 23, 2015 @07:16PM (#9939089)

The sun, albeit indirectly.

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Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday July 23, 2015 @07:26PM (#9939120)

By that logic a Hummer is carbon neutral.

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Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to... by pd1 on Thursday July 23, 2015 @10:00PM (#9939725)

Then anything that doesn't use fusion/fission to make carbon is carbon neutral.

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Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to... by infinotize on Thursday July 23, 2015 @09:54PM (#9939707)

Also, what about the carbon output for the cart, equipment, and consumables?

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Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to... by sarwechshar on Thursday July 23, 2015 @09:52PM (#9939687)

I'm very excited about this aspect and their focus on being CO2 neutral. I'm not entirely convinced yet and would be interested to know the energy source split (particularly more about how they use the NBG).

Also allowing people to charge their phones is a given really but that's got to be super fast charging otherwise it could get awkward... XD

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