Getting gas these days is an expensive chore, but one startup, now operating out of west Boston, promises to bring gas to your doorstep, while helping the environment. And, they say the cost is comparable. Carmyn hopes to change the way we fill up, taking drivers away from the brick-and-mortar gas station. It’s an interesting idea for Kate Hazen, whose car is now filled by a Carmyn truck without leaving her driveway in Sudbury. “It’s really convenient to have nothing left, and it’s actually cheaper than going to some of the gas stations around here.” “When you go to the gas station, how do you know if do you get a good price or a bad price?” asked Carmyn founder Ben Slayden. “The reason I’m actually close — I’m actually cheaper — than some full-service stations is that I don’t have to buy expensive land to build a gas station on.” Slayden explains that the pricing model for Carmyn’s gas delivery service is simple and transparent. He says that on any given day, Carmyn charges the average price of a gallon of gas in the county he is in, published on AAA.com, plus a 10% service charge. Slayden buys gasoline in bulk and says a full tank he takes to a driver’s home only costs about $2-3 more than a traditional gas station. But there’s more to driving Slayden than just making life more convenient. He promises that Carmyn will take half of the money he makes and build solar power projects in the communities he serves, offsetting all those gas-powered vehicle emissions. Slayden said. “The answer is nothing. We do nothing.” He said a trip to Patagonia, at the southern tip of South America, showed him the urgency of the climate crisis. But with hundreds of millions of gas-powered cars still on American roads and only a tiny fraction of the electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles purchased each year, Slayden says the nation isn’t moving fast enough. “We have to do something today,” he said. Troy Ginther runs Natural Stone Wall Solutions and a sister landscaping company and says he has tried to reduce the environmental impact of his businesses by installing solar panels and purchasing electric landscaping equipment. Using Carmyn to refuel vehicles after hours on site was a no-brainer. “I know it’s over here instead of a six-man team in big trucks chasing a gas station, being time inefficient and also increasing our carbon footprint,” Ginther said. Brian Whittemore, co-owner of Pure Solutions, an organic lawn care, tick and mosquito control company, came to the same conclusion. at the gas station,” he said. “We were able to save on this downtime and also on fuel consumption to and from the gas station.” So while there’s an immediate environmental impact that shouldn’t be ignored, Slayden says his ultimate goal is to offset all emissions for Carmyn fuels cars. He hopes Carmyn will have its first solar installation in Sudbury within two years. Eventually, the goal is for Carmyn’s renewable energy company to become larger than the fuel delivery business. “The more we can actually serve, the more solar power we can actually build,” he said.
Getting gas these days is an expensive chore, but one startup, now operating out of west Boston, promises to bring gas to your doorstep, while helping the environment. And, they say the cost is comparable.
Carmyn hopes to change the way we fill up, taking drivers away from the brick-and-mortar gas station. It’s an interesting idea for Kate Hazen, whose car is now filled by a Carmyn truck without leaving her driveway in Sudbury.
“One more stop is time out of my day,” she said. “It’s really convenient not having anything extra, and it’s actually cheaper than going to some of the gas stations around here.”
“When you go to the gas station, how do you know if you’re getting a good price or a bad price?” asked Carmyn founder Ben Slayden. “The reason I’m actually close — I’m actually cheaper — than some full-service stations is that I don’t have to buy expensive land to build a gas station on.”
Slayden says Carmyn’s gas delivery service pricing model is simple and transparent. He says that on any given day, Carmyn charges the average price of a gallon of gas in the county he is in, published on AAA.com, plus a 10% service charge. Slayden buys gasoline in bulk and says a full tank he takes to a driver’s home only costs about $2-3 more than a traditional gas station.
But there’s more to driving Slayden than just making life more convenient. He promises that Carmyn will take half of the money she makes and build solar power projects in the communities she serves, offsetting all combustion vehicle emissions.
“What is society doing to decarbonize these 274 million (petrol) vehicles? Slayden said. “The answer is nothing. We do nothing.”
He said a trip to Patagonia, at the southern tip of South America, showed him the urgency of the climate crisis. But with hundreds of millions of gas-powered cars still on American roads and only a tiny fraction of the electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles purchased each year, Slayden says the nation isn’t moving fast enough.
“We have to do something today,” he said.
Troy Ginther runs Natural Stone Wall Solutions and a sister landscaping company and says he has tried to reduce the environmental impact of his businesses by installing solar panels and purchasing electric landscaping equipment. Using Carmyn to refuel vehicles after hours on site was a no-brainer.
“I know it’s over here instead of a six-man team in big trucks chasing a gas station, being time inefficient and also increasing our carbon footprint,” Ginther said.
Brian Whittemore, co-owner of Pure Solutions, an organic lawn care, tick and mosquito control company, came to the same conclusion.
“Previously, filling up for us was, you know, paying one of our technicians on their shift day to drive to the gas station,” he said. “We were able to save on this downtime and also on fuel consumption to and from the gas station.”
So while there’s an immediate environmental impact that shouldn’t be ignored, Slayden says his ultimate goal is to offset all emissions from Carmyn cars. He hopes Carmyn will have its first solar installation in Sudbury within two years. Eventually, the goal is for Carmyn’s renewable energy company to become larger than the fuel delivery business.
“The more we can actually serve, the more solar power we can actually build,” he said.
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