Is NASCAR the biggest waste of natural resources?

Question

How can you justify wasting fuel, oil etc when all they do is drive in circles...?

especially when we're always making a big deal about oil, fuel etc...

Neither...I just don't see the point in wasting natural resources to see a group of cars going in circles. At least a traffic jam represents economic development.

POINT BEING THAT NASCAR DOES NOT HELP WHEN WE TRY TO CONSERVE OIL...

hahaha..i didn't know you guys cared so much about cars driving in circles. I assume you are also easily amused...

Answer 1

nascar is the biggest waste. if we were smart, we would use nascar races to genocide thousands of rednecks.

Answer 2

Simply put, no, NASCAR is not the biggest waste of natural resouces. All autoracing combined wouldn't come close to being the biggest waste of natural resources. If they managed to use 100 times more than current levels, it would still be minor compared to the waste of half full transcontinental airplane travel. Increasing average milage on trucks by 1/2 MPG would have a larger impact... the fact is autoracing overall makes up a very tiny portion of fuel consumption. And NASCAR is but a small fraction of that.

So, taking the question down a level, is it a waste at all? It depends on how you look at it... the most fuel efficient of race cars will get perhaps 4mpg; alot will be around half that or less. Back in the late 70s, IMSA changed the rules to make gas use a factor in racing for many IMSA sanctioned events (to encourage better fuel economy and related technology development): this meant that prototype cars then jumped all the way up to 2.5-3mpg. It doesn't sound like much, but the impact was ultimately very large in terms of conserving gas. Not in racing, because the amount used in racing is such a tiny fraction, but the knowledge gained meant more fuel effiecnt cars from automakers. So, in that case, a very minor waste led to great savings.

Even though none of the current series (including NASCAR) make fuel use a stated goal, there are still many improvements related to this that filter down (because a more fuel efficient car means less fuel weight and less time spent in the pits). Given the current climate though, I wouldn't be suprised to see fuel economy rules being considered again to for NASCAR or other series (I know F1 has been talking about this for a little more than a year in regards to the next rules spec).

In the big picture, there is waste that generates a return which is greater than the waste. But it's certainly not the biggest waste.

Answer 3

Biggest waste? no. But I do admit that NASCAR does waste natural resources.
Apparently you just don't get the thrill about racing, I don't look at that viewpoint, and the thing is, if they didn't drive in circles, they would be wasting a lot more space for a track, making it waste even more. NASCAR just compresses the thrill of racing into a track that isn't so big.
Although I wouldn't mind if the races all got shortened, if they just cut it down to a maximum of 400 miles per race, that alone would save quite a lot of fuel.

Answer 4

Brian Frances New NASCAR is not only a waste of resources, it's the waste of time to. Bill France Sr should be rolling in his grave at the sight of the new NASCAR

Answer 5

Yes but so is the addition of new housing developments by raping he forest to build over priced homes.Why dig upthe land scape to build another shopping center in an area that has 5 or 6 within 5 minutes of each other.
Let them race if it brings people pleasure.

Answer 6

Because a lot of safety innovations have come out of Nascar racing. And put into civilian vehicles,Thus saving countless lives. Which is far more valuable than conserving oil.

Answer 7

NASCAR is one of the largest sporting organizations in the country. They have become more popular than Football and Baseball. They also have the largest charity divisions of all the pro sports. I think that's worth a little gas

Answer 8

more fuel is wasted in all the traffic jams in ONE day than what is used in Nascar

Answer 9

No soccer moms driving SUV's is the biggest waste of natural resources.

Answer 10

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