Formula One: Earth car will emit over 50 tonnes of CO2 |
now lets get serious and ban all motor sports -- the collective whine from the fans would be louder than an FI engine
"Jenson Button's car will be responsible for emitting over 50 tonnes of carbon dioxide this Formula One season, it has emerged in the week they launched the 'Earth Car' as the centrepiece of their environmental-awareness campaign. The English driver's emissions in the F1 season will probably be more than five times higher than the average Briton produces in 12 months.
Button and his team-mate Rubens Barrichello will race Honda's new RA107 and send about 500kg of CO2 into the atmosphere on each of the 17 grand prix weekends, and about 17 tonnes by the end of the 2007 season. The cars emit around 1,500g of carbon dioxide per kilometre, which is almost nine times more than the amount of the average new road vehicle.
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'There is some irony in the fact that Honda are attempting to promote the environment and calling on others to address environmental issues when they are contributing to climate change by participating in what is probably the most polluting sport on the planet,' said Emily Armistead, a spokeperson for Friends of the Earth.
The F1 season also requires Button and Barrichello to fly around 98,752 miles between their Monaco bases and the race circuits, producing a further 28.638 tonnes of CO2. In total, each driver w"
Saturday, March 03, 2007
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