TEDx Talks

Former Naval Officer, Retired Airline Pilot, United Nations Lobbyist, Businessman and a University Professor, Captain Jim Green, Graduated #1 in US Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School class, and served as Regimental Commander. Spent 7 years as a Naval Officer, and Aircraft Carrier Jet Attack Pilot. Captain Green flew as a pilot for Continental/United Airlines for 26 years, and helped take our company from "worst to first" through direct involvement in operations and management procedure improvements. Presently teach as a full-time Tenured Associate Professor in the School of Aviation Sciences at Utah Valley University and also serve as the Department Chairman. Captain Green is a frequent author/contributor to numerous publications--- speaking out on political, societal, and economic issues of the day.

As founder of Wrightspeed, cofounder of Tesla Motors and creator of the X1 (the fastest street-legal electric vehicle in the world), Ian Wright has already ushered in an era of electric transportation. Now, Wright has turned his attention to the least efficient, heaviest, most wasteful vehicles on the road: garbage trucks. In this informative presentation, Wright explains how, when it comes to making vehicles more efficient, we've been asking the wrong question all along. Credit: The New Zealand Broadcasting School As founder of Wrightspeed, cofounder of Tesla Motors and creator of the X1 (the fastest street-legal electric vehicle in the world), Ian Wright has already ushered in an era of electric transportation. Now, Wright has turned his attention to the least efficient, heaviest, most wasteful vehicles on the road: garbage trucks. In this informative presentation, Wright explains how, when it comes to making vehicles more efficient, we've been asking the wrong question all along.