The Aviation Green Prize
By Brien A. Seeley M.D., President
Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency
(CAFE) Foundation
A 501c3 non-profit organization
The “Prius of the Sky”
CAFE Foundation History
“Who you choose as mates will ultimately define you”
1981: CAFE Foundation founded as 501(c) 3
1981-1990: CAFE 400 flight efficiency races
1992-2003: CAFE and EAA APR Program
2004-Present: CAFE and NASA Centennial Challenges
•2007 PAV Challenge & Founded First Ever EAS
•2008 GAT Challenge & EAS II and AGP group dinner
•2011 Aviation Green Prize (AGP)
The CAFE Team
Multi-talented, dedicated volunteers, creators of:
CAFE 400 races
CAFE Scales
CAFE Barograph
Total Energy Flight Data
CAFE Flight Data Recorders
CAFE Challenge
CAFE Triaviathon
CAFE APRs
PADA Trophy Award (Oshkosh)
Electric Aircraft Symposium
CAFE VP: Larry Ford
CAFE Treasurer: Jo Dempsey
CAFE Secretary: Steve Williams
CAFE Master Machinist: Mike Fenn
CAFE Event Producer: Meg Hurt
CAFE Sound Engineer: David Lynch
Why Did NASA Choose CAFE?
Much More Than An Air Race
Dinner after the 2008 EAS: Visionaries formulate initial
plans for an Aviation Green Prize
12 months of research on global issues, energy and
aviation‟s future
WHAT DID WE LEARN?
Environmental Stewardship
“We got trouble”
Global energy
Global terrorism
Global gridlock
GA near collapse
President Obama on Clean Energy
Wednesday, April 22, 2009: Newton, Iowa:
“The nation that leads the world in creating new
sources of clean energy will be the nation that
leads the 21st century global economy”
“we are addicted to foreign oil . . . . “ --- G. W. Bush
“Code Green” (Friedman) demands massive
support from everyone, not by forced mandates
but by enthusiastic belief in its value
From George Church, M.I.T., 9/08
How Much We Spend (Relatively)
Cars
Motivation
Peter Garrison‟s pivotal question at
EAS II, 2008:
“Will people change their behavior?”
“Virtually all of these attempts to get
Americans out of their cars have
failed.”
-Two Billion Cars (Sperling):
Surface Solutions
•Mass transit
•High-speed bu