Who has the “Greenest” Auto Racing Series?
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Who has the “Greenest” Auto Racing Series?
- IndyCar
- NASCAR
- Formula One
- V8 Super Car Series
Some would believe IndyCar is a legitimate contender at this point. When the IRL season opens at Homestead this month their cars will be topped off with corn-based ethanol instead of methanol.
NASCAR also makes a fuel switch this year. Last week Cup competitors fueled up with unleaded gas for the first time in the sanctioning bodies history.
Formula One… well lets just say they are lagging behind the field at this point. Bernie and Mad Mad have grand plans for the future but not much in the present. The future promises
the only “Green” that had my vote is the “Green Light”
I tend to agree the green light should be the only concern.
But that’s not the reality today. Auto racing takes enough hits from the green types, NIMBY’s and those whining about the noise some concessions have to be made if only to hold off the dogs temporarily.
I only question the ones made so far are nothing but window dressing.
F1 does use a carbon offset scheme similar to the Aussie V8s, and has since 1997.
Some of the actions of individual teams are very promising - Renault’s team’s base at Enstone in the UK, for example, uses renewable energy and is’ carbon neutral’ the ‘proper’ way, instead of using dubious offset schemes.
I would imagine F1’s travel ‘cost’ to the environment is higher than other series, though, as there are three periods in the calendar where all the cars have to be flown out.
F1 is also planning to introduce ‘greener’ technologies in the medium-term, but unfortunately plans for power systems using the huge amounts of heat created in braking have been put back to 2011. Good intentions, but will it ever become reality?