Uptown Magazine June 2009
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Burlesque, magic, and comedy
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at the Visulite Theatre. Ms. D has
made it her mission to reintroduce
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Charlotte native
Matt Kokenes is
no stranger to the
media-sales business
in the Queen City.
He has been selling
both print and
television for almost
seven years. Through
perseverance and
intestinal fortitude,
Matt has shown he
has the toughness
to succeed in this
business and wasrecently promoted
to Ad Director for
the magazine. Shake
Matts hand if you see
himhe deserves it,
plus he looks much
better in person.
Originally from At-
lanta, Joey has made
Charlotte his home
for six years now.
With his hood roots
and current Uptown
lifestyle, he can relate
to just about every-
one. Fashion comes
with style and is tied
to hair: everything
has to come together.
At Uptown Magazine
Joey gets to combine
all of this into one funpackage and strives
to bring you some-
thing fresh, fun, and
inspiring. You can find
Joey and his constant
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Ryan Sumner is
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Responding to
whatever makes
you smile, Melissa
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as the Faz, Fazerati,
or Emmy- is the
newest addition to
the Uptown family.
In Charlotte media
for the past six years
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for creative thinking,
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you succeed. Sheis eager to assist
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Originally from
NY, Alessandra
Salvatore has called
Uptown Charlotte
home for a year
now. An avid writer
of articles, reviews
and screenplays,
Alessandras other
addictions include
interior decorating,
red wine, and
swappingshe
recently created
SwapSassy.com,a website where
fashionistas can swap
clothing. When not
scoping the Charlotte
scene, you can find
her at home in the
company of her
husband, Greg, and
her fat cat, Marcus.
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Chris Wooten is
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Andy Gravesspent
his childhood and
teenage years on a
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I never knew this before, but a pregnancy doesnt really
last nine months. Instead, its 40 weeks of morning
sickness, fatigue, and amazing weight gain. I like to
refer to it as OUR pregnancy. Sure, I didnt carry the
babyI just carried the crackers to temper the nausea
and tried to keep the house running while Julie, my
wife, made a baby.
On May 2, about 38 weeks into our 40, Julie
started having contractions that grew more and more
regular throughout the day, and by about 2 oclock that
afternoon we called the doctors office. They told us to
come in, and Julie was examined. It was decided that
our baby would greet the world that very afternoon.
Julie was to get a C section, so all the necessary
experts were called in. They walked us through what
would happen, and begun preparations. Julie was
whisked away into the operating room and because
I wanted to watch the operation I was given a surgi-cal beret for my bald head and a clean suit to put on.
I looked ridiculous and was having a great time, so I
snapped a couple self portraits from my phone and
quickly emailed them to a group of friends.
Fifteen minutes later: the time had arrived. Our
nurse said Julie was ready. With wobbly legs I fol-
lowed the nurse into the operating room, where I was
surprised to see Julie relaxed and smiling even as,
behind a blue curtain, the surgical team had opened a
foot-wide hole in her belly. Cool, things were going well.
About ten minutes later, and after very little
drama, Anna Victoria Trimakas greeted the world withan ear-piercing scream. When I say she was purple, I
dont mean a tinge or a slight hue, I mean Willy Wonka
blueberry. I was concerned, but the nurses all said that
it was normal, and Anna quickly turned a rosy pink.
Because our fist baby might as well be a mini-me,
Julie turns to me and asks who Anna looks like? I look
at Anna and cant really tell. With a mohawk of dark
hair and a dark complexion, my initial impression was
that she didnt look like either of us. I was still en-
thralled by the surgery, and once Anna was breathing
fine, my attention turned back to the doctors who were
closing up Julie.
A moment later a nurse pulled me aside: Anna
has signs of trisomy 21.
Our genetic tests had been 28 weeks earlier, and
I really couldnt remember what that meant. My initial
reaction was to do nothing. A couple minutes later, the
nurse told me again, I think she has signs of trisomy
21. At that point, I asked what that meant, and she
lets me know that she thinks my brand new baby,
Anna Victoria, more than likely has Down syndrome.
With those words, a massive fissure opened in my
heart. Im pretty sure I went into shock and could not
contain the tears that streamed down my face. I wish I
was just heartbroken, but I think its more like heart-pulverized or heart-vaporized. And for the next twelve
days, while Julie took care of Anna in the intensive
care unit, I cried.
Now, a couple weeks later, Anna is home, Julie is
home, and Kate, our two-year-old, cannot contain the
love she feels for her new baby sister, who is, in Kates
words, my baby.
After too many times walking around the
Harris Teeter crying while picking up dinner, Ive
finally stopped. Ive also come to realize that Anna is
my baby too, and that even though this is not the
adventure I would have chosen, its an adventure
nonethelessand I will not be the guy lagging behindthe group. So last night, while Anna was enjoying her
11 p.m. snack and we watched the Magic and Cavaliers
game together, I promised her that I wont cry again
until she, Kate, and I get out together in our whitewater
kayaks and enjoy our first day of paddling together. Ill
be sure to take plenty of pictures on my phone to send
to our friends.
~Todd Trimakas
Publisher / Editor
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My mother thinks Im crazy. So
much so that she now cant
stand when my newly engaged
sister and I talk, for fear that I am
negatively influencing her. And all I did was
get married.
Well, to be more truthful, I should say that all
I did was have a wedding. A big fat wedding,with all the fanciness one could imagine. A
cocktail hour involving a sushi station and a
vodka slide. A Viennese hour that would rival
a carnival. A bridal party the size of a football
team. I realized how unnecessary most of it
was. But I was unsuspectingly sucked into the
wedding machine propelled by society.
Big Wedding, Big Problems
words: alessandra salvatore
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My sister is now contemplating (gasp!) quietly sidestepping the
elaborate celebration for a smaller, more intimate party. When
she first got engaged, she started planning a typical wedding.
But then the opinions crept in. There was my mother: If you
have Clarice in your wedding then you must have Jennifer too.
His mother: My cousin does flowers and shes chosen your
centerpieces. Aunt Martha: You cannot have purple dresses in
October! And the postman: Dont seat me in the nosebleeds! M
sister has become completely turned off by all the petty details
involved, and she and her fianc cant justify the price tag. They
have also realized that the ones who are helping her fund
the event, (my parents and her fiancs), are slowly
leaking their own agenda.
In all fairness, my sister understands that
planning a wedding requires cooperating with
the parties who are contributing financially.
Mom and Dad, the new in-laws, Uncle Johnny
and Aunt Robert, whoever, there needs to be
some compromise. But all too often, this is the
scenario: Big checks are written. Expectations
are suggested (read: shoved down your
throat). Your fantasy wedding becomes a
squashed memory, like a wedding cake
thats been dropped on the floor. Details an
decisions swirl around you like a tornado,
and suddenly, you are getting used
to hearing: You know, unfortunately,
weddings arent really for the bride
and the groom. No wonder my sister is
reconsidering. I encourage her to look into
other options. But now I am messing with
the natural course. To my mother, I have
become The Enemy, a bug that must be
squashed.
My mother loves throwing an
elaborate soiree, and what better reason throw one other than the wedding of her
daughter? At my mothers wedding, there
were over 400 guests. She had two bands:
a standard band and an Italian band. There
was a rolling bar for every two tables, stocke
with top-shelf liquor. These were the days
where big weddings were glamorous, when people
stayed drinking and dancing until 4 a.m. in smoke-filled
rooms. Honeymoon vacations lasted for weeks, and when a
You know, unfortunately,
weddings arent really for
the bride and the groom.
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was said and done you had a down payment for your first house
and money to bank. My mothers wedding cost $7.50 per person.
Brides-to-be, I will wait while you regain consciousness. This price
included her cocktail hour, a seven course meal, and a loaded
Viennese hour. Things were clearly different then. It is inevitable
that times change. But is it me, or has the wedding industry (as
well as certain bridezillas that fuel it) taken
things a bit too far? How much stuff do w
really need to say I do?
Apparently, a lot. Weddings have
become streamlined and commercialized,
and all the products on the market can maka girls head spin. Have you ever been to a
bridal show? Its a friggin circus. Picture
every stereotypical sales character coming
at you from every which way, trying to sell
you things. Put this ultra deluxe special
hand mixer-slash-nose-hair-remover on
your registry! Drink this to lose 45 pounds
in time for the big day! Open wide for a
wedding cake trial! And it doesnt stop at
the bride, as any good bridesmaid or maid
of honor has learned. If I see one more
bachelorette running around a crowded
bar, slurping out of a blinking penis straw,
carrying other disposable, made-in-China
products, and wearing a t-shirt on that reads: Final fling before th
ring! I may go insane.
Todays posh reception halls cost upwards of $120 per gues
and if you are in the market for a prime location on a Saturday
night, get ready to shell out anywhere from $150 to $200, soup
to nuts. And you havent even looked at dresses, photographers,
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flowers or entertainment yet. Todays bride is taken advantage
of and over-marketed to, and everyones got an opinion for her
whether she asks for it or not. What do you mean you dont want
matchbooks with your names on them? How will you serve drinks
without monogrammed napkins? Youre telling me you havent
gotten laser hair removal yet?
Planning a wedding has become a full-time, exhausting
job for most brides. Many stay engaged for two years or more
before their wedding, so they can put themselves on an affordable
payment plan and avoid drowning in debt. Throw in unreliable
vendors, outrageous dress prices, and bridesmaids who have
announced they will be eight months pregnant at the time of
your wedding (how dare they!), and youve got yourself a burnt-
out bride-to-be. And we live in a culture where this is not only
accepted, but expected.
But with recent brides Ive encountered, especially in
Charlotte, a strange trend is emerging. They are opting out.
Whether its due to a strict budget or just a different outlook, these
girls have a new mantra: less is more. They are realizing that
details and drama mean about as much as the bubbles blown
outside the ceremony; they are present for a moment, transparent,
and just as quickly they vanish into thin air and are forgotten.
A wedding is a celebration of the love of two individualsnot a
marketing machine with the product being you and your new
spouse.
Back to my sisters wedding. My mother is encouraging
her to enlist several cousins, in-laws, and friends to be a part of her
bridal party. My sister wants nothing to do with it. She wants to
have myself as her maid of honor, and her fiancs brother as best
man. She feels it will be more special that way. The hard and fast
fact is that most girls (other than the maid of honor, lets hope) aresecretly wishing you wont ask them to be a bridesmaid. Theyd
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your grooms future as husband and wife. And dont do anythingfor anyone else, no matter who is footing the bill. Because when
it comes to wedding planning, no matter what you do you will
be complained about or preached to by at least one guest there.
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ith Al Gores
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Truth, the dangers
of greenhouse gases and pollutants
produced by electricity generation were
brought to the fore for many Americans.
A deep, nagging sense of urgency began
to gnaw at those who didnt care much
for conservation and environmentalism.
In response, many people have started to
look for environmentally safe options for
the generation of electricity. Unfortunately,
none of these options is quite the perfect
solution. In fact, many green options are
flawed and none of them is capable of
providing all of the sustainable energy that
wed like. Some are preferable to others, of
course. The worst of the bunch may be so-
called clean coal.
Coal-burning power plants provide
nearly 50 percent of the electricity in the
United States. These plants are also the
leading contributor of greenhouse-gas
emissions, specifically the huge amounts
of CO2
they spew each year into the
atmosphere. The massive coal companies
behind this pollution have long shown
a history of indifference toward the
environmental implications of coal burning
plants, despite the federal Clean Air Act
(CAA) of 1970, which was adopted to
change all that.
According to the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the CAA
resulted in a major shift in the federal
governments role in air pollution
control. This legislation authorized the
development of comprehensive federal and
state regulations to limit emissions from
both stationary (industrial) sources and
mobile sources. The EPA was tasked with
regulating this new initiative.So what went wrong? Why arent
our coal plants blowing out puffs of rose-
scented hydrogen gas? Well, when Ronald
Reagan became President, he didnt just
rip former-President Jimmy Carters solar
panels off the roof of the White House.
He also created amendments to the CAA
allowing industries with older coal-burning
plants to duck the requirements for
lowered emissions and the installation of
scrubbers that would lower the amount
of pollution being released into the
atmosphere. The Reagan Administration
gave the coal industry a free pass, a free
pass it enjoys to this day, in that coal plants
that were built in the 1960s still operate
producing the same emissions without
any upgrades, because upgrades would
void the protections they have from the
expensive installation of scrubbers and
other pollution-control equipment.
In essence, to create a cleaner coal,
all the coal industry would have to do is
upgrade or shut down these particular
plants, reducing emissions but still not
drastically changing the current carbon
footprint.
Instead of making this change,
Big Coal, in conjunction with George W.
Bushs Department of Energy, has created
a distraction, the charming FutureGen
project. Touted to contain 90 percent of
contaminants generated by a coal-fueled
power plant, this project is a financial
disaster of epic proportions. The plants
depend in part on gasification technology,
wherein CO2and other contaminants
are separated out and pumped into
underground storage. Proponents say
that eventually this could keep 100
percent of pollutants from leaking into the
atmosphere. Unfortunately, after decades
of work on this type of technology, only two
plants are operating, and while both limit
the release of sulphur and a variety of other
pollutants, neither is capable of containing
CO2, the biggest threat to our environment.
In early 2008, the Department of Energy
pulled the plug on a major FutureGen
project because of financial issues. In otherwords, coal is dirty power, and cleaning up
coal is an expensive process. For now, the
project continues with private funding.
Even if the FutureGen project works,
there are other environmental issues. Coal
is obtained through mining, much of it
strip mining. Over the past few years, more
than one million acres of hardwood forests
were destroyed in the pursuit of coal.
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Furthermore, there arent enough standards
in place to regulate possible leaks of
pollutants from the underground storage,
leaving Americans with the possibility of
massive pollution issues rising from our
very turf.
So what can we do? What are the
options for green power? Many would
point to solar, wind, and water power, but
each of these has its own flaws. Wind and
solar power are environmentally friendly,
but expensive to institute. Turbines used
in wind power are in high demand right
now and sometimes difficult and expensive
to procure. After the initial investment,
however, the energy is free, and it comes
from the earth and doesnt pollute. So why
not cover the Midwest in solar and wind
farms?
Wind power is friendly to the
environment, so every bit of electricity
we can generate with wind helps the
environment, states Rocky Sease, CEO
of SOS Intl, a Charlotte-based corporation
that provides consulting and training
services for power companies. From a
reliability standpoint the wind does not
always blow. If we need the electricity
from a wind turbine and the wind stops
blowing, we need to replace that electricity
[with something] from another source.
Because of this, every megawatt of wind
power must be duplicated by a more
reliable source. We have the same issue
with solar power, although the technology
for storing electricity is advancing. The
current problem is that solar generation
only works when the sun is shining. If the
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sun stops shining, we have to be prepared
to generate that power somewhere else
unless someone is prepared to stop using
that electricity.
As a whole, Americans are not very
tolerant of the idea of a dayor even just
an hourwithout electricity. As much as
we love our earth, none of us can make
it through the workday or the primetime
cable hours without our humming
machines happily feeding off the body
electric.
Storage is one of the main issues
facing green power generation. Wind and
solar can generate large amounts of energy,
but so far we do not have successful means
of storing this power.
With todays technology, states
Sease, we dont have any way to store
significant amounts of excess energy.
Excess energy cannot be put in the power
grid. Electricity must be put into the grid
at the same rate it is being used. Putting
excess energy into the grid will cause
the grid to go down the same as too little
energy. Until we figure out how to store
electricity in quantities that are usable, we
cannot operate on green energy sources
alone.
Yet there is hope for green power
storage. Matt Sadinsky, president and CEOof PREP, a local company that trains power
industry professionals, states, We are just
beginning to see new research into storage,
hydrogen cells, using compressed air in
retired salt mines, experiments with algaeand biomass, tides, and many new ways
to generate and store power dynamically.
In more than a few ways, we are just at
the beginning of a whole new energy-
technology revolution.
But for now we still need affordable,
clean energy. And for that we might need
to look to the black sheep of the energy
industry. Nuclear power has been vilified
for decades, sold as dangerous and volatile,
a last-resort type of power. The waste that
pours out of nuclear plants is toxic and
must be carefully disposed of. Even worse,
its permanent. Why, then, would nuclear
be a good idea?
Chief Executive Jim Rogers of
Duke Energy stated to The Charlotte
Business Journal in 2007 that industry
research indicates the only way to get
carbon pollution down would be to build
the equivalent of thirty 2,200-megawatt
nuclear plants nationwide. Nuclear plants
reduce emissions and provide large
amounts of energy for a relatively smaller
environmental impact. Nuclear power also
creates jobs, a fear pushed by the coal
industrys arguments that shutdown of
plants and subsequent replacement by
solar and wind farms would incur a loss of
jobs worldwide. In fact, Toshiba America
Nuclear Energy is set to infuse the Queen
Citys economy with 194 new high-paying
nuclear jobs as they move their project
management and engineering center to
Charlotte.
But what about the danger? What if
there is an accident and Jack Bauer cant
figure out a solution in 24 hours? Yes, we
had accidents like Three Mile Island, states
Rocky Sease. Yes there was an accident atChernobyl. And no one can state that there
will never be another nuclear incident. But
we can put safety features in place so we
can operate nuclear facilities in a manner
that is not dangerous to people or theenvironment.
Since the issues at Chernobyl and
Three Mile Island, computer technology
has rapidly advanced. Todays computers
have the capability to interpret and fix
human error in operation. While this is not
a complete safeguard, the situation has
certainly changed since the nuclear scares
of the past.
America cannot wean itself of its coal dependency
immediately. While clean coal is a little more than wishful
thinking, we are not willing to start paying hundreds of
extra dollars in electric bills to obliterate coal use.
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However, nuclear is not the shining
lime-green glowing light at the end of
the tunnel. There are still a lot of issues
with the waste generated. Disposing
of the spent fuel is still an issue, states
Sease. Figuring out where to store it is
still a challenge. Some efforts have been
made to reuse the waste, but it does not
significantly impact the amount of waste
generated. We need to continue research in
how to effectively recycle nuclear waste.
The answer to the problem of
economical and environmentally friendly
power is not a simple, straightforward
one. There is no absolute. Instead, it is
a combination answer, a blending of all
the imperfects until the research and
development can catch up with the needs
and demands. As Sease notes, I dont
see any way of doing one or the other.
Today, green energy sources alone cannot
generate as much energy our society
requires. We need to embrace all sources
of electricity, increasing the percentage of
green energy as we go.
America cannot wean itself of its coal
dependency immediately. While clean coal
is a little more than wishful thinking, we
are not willing to start paying hundreds of
extra dollars in electric bills to obliterate
coal use. Neither are we willing to suffer
rolling blackouts when the demand
outweighs the supply available. A bargain
will have to be struck with the power
sources, and a balance managed.
With the current push for green
power and conservation, states Sadinsky,
we are going to see three major trends.
First, we are already seeing conservation
and we will start using less electricity
and become more efficient in how we
use it. Second, there will be a premium on
the cheapest, cleanest power, which will
likely be nuclear. Finally, we will continueto explore how to best store and manage
power generated from water, wind, and
solar power.
By blending our current options
and optimizing power use, we might be
able to create a temporary solution for our
energy crisis and its path of environmental
destruction. Coal isnt clean, but green
power cant sustain right now. Pointing
fingers at one industry without a viable
solution is as useful as claiming we should
be able to fly and jumping off a cliff with
no parachute. We cant afford to buy into
the clean coal propaganda, but neither can
we feed off of the myths of solar, wind, and
waterpower.
As individuals we can replace our
bulbs with energy savers, wash our clothes
in cold water, shorten our showers, turn
off our lights, find ways to reduce waste.
But even more importantly is to hold Big
Coal accountable, to become educated
and active with Department of Energy
initiatives, be aware of the projects being
put into place. We need to encourage our
government to be more active in finding
solutions.
President Barack Obama, back
during his election campaign, showed
support for SmartGrid technology. In
short, the SmartGrid will transfer energy
more efficiently, using computational
technology to conserve energy and balance
transmission of power, requiring less
power to be generated. Simply put, the
SmartGrid will catch the drippings off our
energy turkey and make us some gravy.
More gravy, in this case, means less turkey
needed. Changes such as the SmartGrid
are necessary in order to reduce our carbon
footprints and save our earth from the
onslaught of CO2. So is pushing for further
research into cleaner energy sources, better
energy storage, and the passing of laws
to restrict emissions. We cant just reduce
the amount we drive, we have to learn
to put our votes towards the responsible
decision-makers who will safeguard the
environment and not crash the system,
which isnt always the Green Party.
Rocky Sease is optimistic about the
energy situation, Green energy is the right
thing to do but there is a cost to doing it.We need to understand the costs as well as
the benefits of pursuing it. Development
of green energy will impact each of us as
individuals, how we use electricity, and
how much electricity we use.
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Our truck winds through a tire-worn path of beige mud,
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become unrecognizable en masse.
Im sitting in the passenger seat of Jimmie Gaddys
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L
ess than a mile away a shirtless man in
faded shorts has stepped out of his RV.
As we drive by on the way to the dump, I
assume hes a NASCAR diehard arrived
two weeks early for the Coca-Cola 600. I
assume he has no idea how close he is tothe burial ground of Charlottes trash. His
isnt the only RV camped out on the grass
lot across from the racetrackthe one the BFI Charlotte Motor
Speedway Landfill is named after.
I ask Jimmie, who, at 51, has been driving a collections
truck for the past 18 years, how long the landfill has been where it
is. He doesnt know. Hes lived in Charlotte his whole life.
As it turns out, the landfill opened May 6, 1992. Granted, the
landfill isnt exactly a tourist destination, but its a place that holds
pieces of all of us. And Id wager most people havent a clue where
it might be, or how long its been there.
When you get to the unloading zone, where the trucks line
up to empty themselves, and where bulldozers push the piles
together, you see plenty of trash, but not nearly as much as one
might expect. Mostly you see dirt; an endless vista of ugly, gray
dirt.
They cover it every day, Jimmie says, referring to the
garbage. By 5 oclock, everything is covered. Hell have to get his
second payload in before then, or start tomorrow with a trip to the
landfillat least 30 minutes drive from his route.
The N.C. Solid Waste Annual Report, published in January
by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, states that for the fiscal year 2007-2008, 1.24 million
tons of trash found their way to the Charlotte Motor Speedway
Landfill. Thats about 186,000 tons less than the average tons peryear since the landfill opened.
Still, that means that in 2008, an average 4,769 tons of trash
reached this muddy monolith every weekday, and each day the
new accumulation was covered with more dirt. I ask what will
become of the landfill when its filled. Jimmie says he thinks
they make golf courses, but hes not sure what the plan is here.
He finishes the apple pie he bought when we filled the trucks
massive diesel tank, then tosses the wrapper out the window.
Watching the city wake up
I rose before the sun on the day of my ride-along. I cant
remember the last time that happened. I made my way to the Solid
Waste Services base of operations on Otts Street, near Plaza-Midwood and not far from Uptownsoffices. There, orange-vested
city workers were arriving and spilling out of their cars to begin
their routes.
The earlier you get out, the earlier you can finish up, Im
told. You cant leave the lot until 6:15, but if you can get to your
truck and get ready to go, you can be among the first out of the
gates.
I meet Jimmie Gaddy a little after 6:30 a.m. We immediately
walk to his truck. He gives it a quick inspection and we hop aboard
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and depart for South Charlotte. I comment that its interesting to
see the city wake up. He laughs at me.
The citys solid waste pickup crewsthe label applies
to garbage, recycling, yard waste, and bulk itemsonly cover
residential sites in North, East, and South Charlotte. The West side
is privatized, as is commercial waste.As we turn left from Providence Road onto Pineville-
Matthews Road, I spot a Republic Waste Services truck, filled with
trash from The Arboretum, heading for its next pickup.
Meanwhile, Jimmie tells me how people make his job
difficultnever complaining, mind you, but merely observing the
often humorous ways people take out the trash.
You look at it and think, Man, how did he get that in there?
he asks, chuckling.
Sure enough, in the approximately five hours before we
head to the landfill we see garbage cans overflowing with scrap
wood or patio furniture. One can is bursting with the tangled
limbs of a pink and yellow tent, left assembled, with poles poking
out like a bagpipe. Another can is adorned with a final trash bag,
sitting atop the closed lid.
Jimmie laughs again, and in one motion pops the parking
brake with a hiss, slides the door open and hops out to move the
bag inside the can. He laughs, but I can tell it frustrates him. Every
time he has to hop out for something like this it adds time to his
route. It just costs so much time, he laments, during the course
of a whole day, you know.
The former sous-chef got this job because it allows him to
spend more time at home with his wife than a restaurants all-
night every-night schedule. His time is invaluable.
Recycling bins placed within inches of the roll-out canisters
pose an added challenge as Jimmie operates the trucks robotic
arm. Loose trash is another culprit. The trash is supposed to be
in bags in the roll-out container, Jimmie says. You get that loose
trash in there, and the wind starts blowing when you dump it. It
just goes all over the street.
When it happens, its not unusual for Jimmie to slide out of
the truck and pick it up, even though its not his fault it spilled. Hesighs. I just hate to leave a place looking worse than it did when
I came.
A clean city
The whole truck shakes and wheezes. You cant hear much
of anything. It happens every few seconds. Jimmie Gaddys left
hand, punctuated by a thin ribbon of gold settled into the skin on
his fourth finger, flicks and pulls and pushes and twiddles the
joystick protruding from the trucks console.
Perhaps thats a silver lining. Or perhaps
it matters not a whit. There will still be
10.7 tons of garbage in the back of this
single truck before noon.
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When the robotic arm comes out, theres no way around
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I set the tip my pen on my notebook, and let the truck haveits say. It looks like the scribble of a gregarious toddler, jagged and
unpredictable in its herky-jerky movements.
Meanwhile, Jimmies eyes hold fast to the array of mirrors
at his disposal. His hand moves as if by instinct, with the same
fluidity a virtuosic musician brings to his instrument. I think to
myself, I bet he could win a lot of stuffed animals from that claw
game. He sings along, under his breath, to the quiet strains of
Elton John coming from K104.7, Charlottes one and only eco-
friendly station. The music is just audible above the thrumming
engine and the shots of compressed air that move the trucks arm.
When the trash falls into the hopper, Jimmie presses
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crushing plane of metal move away, into the dark, then slide back.
When the truck nears capacity, the blade moves slower. It begins
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The truck holds between ten and eleven tons of garbage. On
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conversation
russell Jewett
My conversation with Russell Jewett,Ph.D., and subsequent two-hour tourof his brand new Sencera facility, inWest Charlotte, were disarminglyfunso much so that a couple
of times I had to force myself toremember the importance and valueof his creation. The guy has beenvisited by Beverly Perdue, Sue Myrick,and John Lassiter of late, and eventhough Sencera has yet to sell its firstsolar panel, his vision and ability havebeen backed to the tune of $18 millionby confident investors.
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had done my best to prepare for some
serious dialogue, furrowed brows, and lots of
haughty scientific jargon. But the 42-year-old
president and founder of Sencera had all of the
intimidating qualities of an enthusiastic college
buddy. He patiently (thankfully!) described
the complicated science of what he does in
terms that were easy for me to understand.
After making each of us a damn good cup of
coffee, the nuclear engineer and Silicon Valley
veteran jumped into the nuts and bolts of how
his company will succeed in the business
of designing, manufacturing, marketing,
and selling highly efficient and affordable
photovoltaic (a.k.a. solar) panels. These solar
panels are born in an industrial park off
Wilkinson Boulevard, here in Charlotte, and
offered for sale worldwide. The companys
signature productthe affordable Sencera
100 Solar Panelis designed to be both useful
and easy-to-obtain for everyone from single-family home-owners looking to juice the sun
to farmers who use large tracts of land to farm
and sell electricity, moving away from perhaps
less-promising crops such as, say, tobacco.
Rustys passion for solar technology
was contagious, and his eyes intense, as
conversation darted from his background
in nuclear physics to the critical decision,
made a couple of years ago, for his company
to shift concentration from developing
plasma technology to its sole current focus
on photovoltaic research and production.Senceras one purpose now is the developme
of solar panel technology.
Dr. Jewett seemed amused, though, as
I reminded him that this was more a human
interest story about him and less of a scientif
piece forPopular Mechanics.
What do want to know? He smiled.
Undergrad at Chapel Hill. Studied nuclear
physics at the University of New Mexico.
Married with three kids. My wifes from
Charlotte. He points behind his desk to
the photos of his family. And, believe it or
not, I wasnt always into science, either, he
recalled with a laugh. I tried to be a musician
when I was elevena singer. It didnt go so
well. It seems like I remember my attempt
as a vocalist being gently referred to as
enthusiastic.
Hes 16 days into the P90X, his CFO an
PR-man Britt Weaver offers, grinning. I had
heard about the workout that will purportedly
transform your body from regular to ripped
in just 90 days. A good friend of mine swears
by it. How many pull-ups can you do now
Rusty? Brett coaxed. A hundred, he replieda little red from having just been on the spot.
Weve got a pull up bar over in the corner of
the shop, Britt continues. Rustyll be happy
provide a demo!
The guy has had enough press and
success recently to fuel a justifiably enormou
ego, yet he was refreshingly reluctant to let th
conversation dwell on him. Instead, he was
clearly intent on sharing the success of his
company and his team. He had quite a story t
tell, and I was with him every step of the way
until we touched on the reality of the solar
powered home.It took me a few minutes to catch back
up with Rusty when he confirmed a statemen
Id recently written off as preposterous
gossip, a cruel rumor too good to be true:
That a house outfitted with solar panels could
generate not only enough electricity to power
the entire dwellingeverything in the house
that requires electricity, from the lights to the
stove to the hot water heaterbut actually
I
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have enough energy left over to literally push
power back into the grid. The meter would, in
fact, spin backwards. Unused solar generate
electricity would be sold to the local power
company. As he spoke, I daydreamed about
cashing one check after another from DukeEnergy.
In response to the question, Why solar
he quickly drove home the glaringly obvious
advantage of the suns energy compared with
other sources. Unlike deposits of coal, oil,
natural gas, uranium, or even wind, the ener
from the sun is constant and will never run o
Harnessing the suns energy does not produc
nasty byproducts like carbon dioxide or
nuclear waste. The sun keeps shining withou
fail, even as wind turbines sit idle without a
steady breeze.
Consider that the earth receives more
energy from the sun in an hour than the who
world uses in a year.
Assuming the intensity of the sun hasn
changed significantly in the last century (it
hasnt), why are we just now starting to take
advantage of such an obvious, constant, and
readily available energy source? Its simple,
he explained. Its affordable now. The same
technology that Rusty and his engineers
at Sencera are using to create the solar
panelsor Amorphous Silicon Solar Module
to be exactwas developed and implementedecades ago. Large-scale production was
cost-prohibitive though.
Something like the new handheld
calculators of the 1970s that Ive heard about
costing a hundred dollarsthe same ones
that are 99 cents in the checkout line at the
grocery store now? I tentatively suggested,
trying hard to contribute a decent analogy to
the conversation.
Exactly. Our new automated facility
delivers high-quality solar panels that are
perfect for use in any application, even
large-scale operations, like a solar farm, thatare finally cost effective and can realistically
compete with fossil-fueled energy.
Finally, there is serious discussion
about how the world will continue to meet
its constantly growing need for energy. Its
the combination of exponential advances in
a portion of the line where senceras solar
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science, he explains, and fresh new political
(and consequently financial) support for
viable ways to power humanity, other than
fossil fuels, that has made companies like
Sencera not just sideshow novelties but profit-
generating, serious contenders.Basically were now able to take ten
percent of the silicon that traditional, expensive
solar panels are made with (the ones weve
all seen for years now: thick, blackish-purple
squares), and spray it as a gas deposit of
amorphous silicon cells right onto a simple
piece of glass, Rusty explained. This thin film
silicon product works better than other PV
technology, and works well in heat, low light,
even in the shade. And its finally affordable.
They work in the shade? I pressed with
a bit of doubt.
Okay, take Germany for example, he
told me. A pretty cloudy and cold country
for the most part, with almost no fossil fuel
resources to mine or pump. Unlike the U.S.,
which has sizable oil and coal reserves to tap
into, for decades theyve been forced to import
everything. Now, the Germans are using the
same technology we use to make the Sencera
100 panel to create massive solar-energy
farms, and are on the fast track to completely
weaning themselves off imported fossil fuels.
Right now, about 47 percent of the worlds
photovoltaic installations are in Germany.
Walking through the Sencera facility, Icouldnt help but feel a little like James Bond
scouting out Dr. Nos secret underground
lair. The faade of the building is nondescript
brick, and would fit right into any interstate-
convenient industrial park. The reception
area and the receptionist were both friendly
and warm, and the large conference room,
with finely appointed walnut accents and
overstuffed leather chairs would make Ken
Lewis proud.
It was the design and manufacturing
area, so well-lit that it was devoid of shadows,
visible through giant windows, that had me
spellbound. Work stations made up of wires,
tanks, tubes, and hundreds of unfamiliar shinyparts are placed for maximum efficiency over
thousands of square feet. For now, this is
where all the magic happens.
We toured the clean roomthe testing
area with a sophisticated air circulation and
filtration system running around the clock to
eliminate any dust. That room, says Rusty,
which is not much bigger than a high school
biology lab, is outfitted with specialized PV
efficiency testing technology crucial to the
companys never-ending quest to make more
a productive solar panel. Custom-made
machines in the clean room beam light onto
small chips containing various levels and
ratios of the amorphous silicon film in the
hope of improving upon the already impressive
8.7 percent sunlight-to-electricity conversion
efficiency.
Construction crews noisily prepared
the largest part of this dynamic placethe
production and assembly area that is the last
piece of the Sencera puzzle.
By years end, 65 employees will
design, fabricate, package, and sell ready-to-
install, high-efficiency, low-cost solar panels
under this one roof. A product that is 100percent environmentally friendly, has no toxic
materials such as lead or cadmium, no moving
parts, and produces no harmful emissions
and at a profit. Rusty is even using geothermal
energy, via water channeled through 300-foot-
deep wells on the grounds, to both heat and
cool the building.
How does Duke Energy feel about you
guys? I wondered aloud. Having seen the
We hear it on the morning news
prices rise another ten cents thisAll told, Americans use a whopp
million gallons o gasoline each
What that means is that increasiefciency o our automobiles b
average o just ten percent wouldcollective $10 million per da
That was Toyotas goal when bu
the 2010 Prius, an increase o o10 percent miles per gallon rom
previous modelrom 45 mpgamazing 50 mpg. Available this
the King o Hybrids will have an ainterior and exterior, and a new
system.
The current 2009 Prius, available
or less than $20,000, gets 45 mmaking it 90 percent more efcie
the average car. This is by ar thdeal in Hybrids available. Imagi
savings i each o us drove a P
The Toyota Prius is all about savin
money, and now is the perect tbuy a hybrid. Because tomorrow
same news story will run: Gas pr
another ten cents.
special information sect
Power companies like Duke are not opposed to solar
power, and, to the contrary, are watching what were doing
here very closely. As soon as they see this as a more
profitable way to succeed in the energy business than whattheyre doing now, theyll quickly be building solar farms
instead of burning coal.
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place firsthand and come to understand how
Sencera will succeed in the energy business,
I connected the dots and could see that Rusty
Jewett and company really have pulled this
off. They are on the cusp of success in creating
a way to sell energy from the sun that cancompete dollar for dollar with other sources,
and that had me instantly worried. Politicians,
huge corporations, powerful lobbyiststhey
all have a knack for stamping out challengers
to the status quo like Sencera. The technology
to mass produce profitable 100 m.p.g. cars has
existed for decades, and battery technology
has improved so much in the past two years
that plug-in electric cars could be rolling off the
assembly line now as well.
But for some reason theyre not.
Is the power company trying to keep
you from succeeding, using their might and
political clout to keep you guys at bay? I asked,
braced for a disappointing explanation in the
affirmative. I was already envisioning elected
lawmakers nodding in agreement to Duke
executives on the 18th hole that solar energy
needed to be researched for a few more years
before it could be looked at seriously. Niceputt, Senator.
Not at all, said Rusty
Duke is in the energy business. They
are a legal monopoly, but still very much for
profit. They use whatever is on hand to make
energy and sell it to make as much money
as they can. If the most cost-effective way of
producing power is coal, then coal-fired steam
plants wont be hard to find. If it makes more
business sense to split atoms and spin steam
turbines to generate electricity, then dont be
surprised to see the silhouette of a pair of
cooling towers off in the distance.
Power companies like Duke are not
opposed to solar power, and, to the contrary,
are watching what were doing here very
closely. As soon as they see this as a more
profitable way to succeed in the energy
business than what theyre doing now, theyll
quickly be building solar farms instead of
burning coal.
This news put a big smile on my face as
we concluded the tour. Two hours had flown
by. As we finished up, I asked Rusty to puton his white lab suit for a couple of photos.
He demurred. These space suits were not
necessary, as the clean room filtration system
was more than effective in keeping dust at bay.
Theyve sat there since day one, he insisted.
We never wear them. Okay, so in lieu of a
photo op, I instead insisted on a pull-up demo.
P90X is apparently no joke, and neither
is Rusty Jewett. The guy cranked out a bunch
of pull ups for the group. More importantly,
he has brought something spectacular to our
city. At a time when things seem to always be
a bit overcast, the future at Sencera is burning
bright and hot under the able guidance of
Russell Jewett, Ph.D.
You can reach Matt at [email protected]
For more info go to www.uptownclt.com
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