2007-08-14 23:04:26 · 8 answers · asked by Krait 3 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Just how many cars have climatologists designed? Take a look at the F1 teams - did you notice the top manufacturers of the most efficient autos, Honda and Toyota represented. In terms of power per gallon - and THAT is a truer measure of efficiency - the F1 engine is tops, considerably more efficient than their street counterparts.
http://www.topix.net/content/blogcritics/3040815175279014235905528892641628408114
And soon, they will be taking hybrid technology to new heights.
http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1269
http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1046
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/06/formula_one_rac.html
A society that is quick to ban is NOT the type of society I want to live in.
2007-08-16 21:21:24 · answer #1 · answered by 3DM 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The contribution that F1 makes is a very small one indeed. A much greater contribution is made by spectators travelling to and from the event.
If F1 were banned it would follow that the other popular spectator sports should also be banned.
With the billions of pounds floating around in F1 perhaps the sport could be persuaded to use a small amount of that money to invest in carbon offsetting programmes.
2007-08-15 06:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by Trevor 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
actually f1 and all the other motorsports are contributing in finding and testing new technologies making cars more efficient.
it would be better if the 6billion people of the planet left their cars
at home and use public trasportation to go to work and every sunday gather and watch F1.
2007-08-15 07:37:21 · answer #3 · answered by mageros 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To put it crudely, F1 racing is like a fart in hurricane compared to all the other autos, coal plants, etc, belching out CO2.
2007-08-15 10:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by Brian A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beacuse it's all about money and control, not about science.
I think we need to thank these guys for saving us from the ice age that the end-of-the-earth crowd claimed we were going to have in the seventies.
2007-08-15 13:25:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The global warming impact of any spectator event is almost entirely caused by spectators traveling to the event.
So do you want to ban baseball, soccer, rock concerts, etc., too?
We don't have to stop doing things to fight global warming. Here's the plan:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,481085,00.html
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM040507.pdf
2007-08-15 08:47:59 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is the whole issue of so-called "global warming". Controlling others by claiming you just want to save them from the harm they cause themselves and the planet.
2007-08-15 07:03:02 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
it wouldn't make one bit of difference
2007-08-15 09:03:03 · answer #8 · answered by fyzer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋