Ahmed Elbatrawy, CEO of Trading and Company International

Ahmed Elbatrawy, CEO of Trading and Company International in downtown Orlando, has always been an entrepreneur. He sold records as a high school student in Cairo, Egypt and first started selling real estate when he was just 18 years old.

Following international success in Dubai, Spain and Egypt, Elbatrawy worked with Remax in Minnesota for six years before relocating to Central Florida. A graduate of Full Sail, he enjoys all the aspects of the music industry – from composing to managing talent .

Ahmed Elbatrawy: Mini Hummer Coming To Orlando Florida

Ahmed Elbatrawy has been preaching for years about the need to explore electric vehicles. With the gas prices soaring and a weak economy, people are starting to listen. The biggest bonus is they will reduce our carbon footprint.

Electric cars produce no tailpipe emissions, reduce our dependency on oil, and are cheaper to operate. Of course, the process of producing the electricity moves the emissions further upstream to the utility company’s smokestack—but even dirty electricity used in electric cars usually reduces our collective carbon footprint.

Ahmed Elbatrawy: Green Technology Is Finally Catching On!

It’s no secret that more and more people are trying to “go green”, and green technology is there to help every step of the way. The Green technology priorities are things like energy and fuel sources, environmentally friendly packing sources, and also less toxic chemicals. The goal is to rely less on our natural resources and create alternatives that are in turn environmentally friendly as well as being recyclable and reusable. ultimate idea is to create materials that can be totally reused or recycled again and again. Instead of the “Cradle to Grave” mentality, the folks who produce green technology want a “Cradle to Cradle” mentality. That would mean nothing would be wasted and everything could be reused. Their purpose is also to reduce pollution as much as possible, making the world a simply safer place to live.