The environmental cost of motor racing.
Chrissie Brady wrote on the blog recently:
Since Governments are so concerned about the environment, I am left wondering why motor sports have not been banned. I wonder what the carbon print of F1, Speedway, Indie Racing, TT racing etc is? Surely it is common sense to stop them, or are other governments also in the pay of F1?
Putting aside the sentiment of her last sentence, we thought it made a good subject for iPM to investigate.
It transpires that only a few weeks ago, the FIA - the governing body for motor sports - issued a , which will be discussed at this week's in Dresden.
has blogged about the while Wired noted earlier this month that the FIA agreed a . F1Fanatic thinks this is the .
The noted environmentalist has that sports like motor racing are incompatible with efforts to cut carbon emissions - a claim flatly denied by .
I'm still working to come up with some sort of figure for the actual carbon footprint of Motor Sports. Any thoughts and pointers are welcome in the comments section below.
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