Focus has been on James Porteus' article in The Herald about how dangerous F1 is in terms of global warming. As reported by F1-Live, the FIA has responded to the charges but in so weak-kneed a manner that I cannot let it pass without comment.
All that energy expended, tsk, tsk...
As I have said before, it is useless to accept the premise of man-made global warming if you want to defend F1 against environmentalist accusations. To parade the FIA's list of proposed green measures is merely to invite demands for even more to be done; Porteous' ignorant statement that "The faster the car, the faster it destroys the Earth" is evidence of the closed mindset of the environmentalists. They will not be happy until F1 has gone forever.
Fighting the battle on the environmentalists' ground is bound to lose; F1 has to hit them where it hurts - on the scientific fallacy that is anthropogenic global warming. There is no need to bow to the myth just because it happens to be flavor of the month.
I have said enough already on this subject for readers to know my views and I do not propose to bore them again. By all means, watch Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, but balance it by also watching the documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle, and the brief explanation of how Gore twists the facts, The Scare Tactics. It's called hearing both sides.
There is still a debate and, believe it or not, the warmies aren't winning.
All that energy expended, tsk, tsk...
As I have said before, it is useless to accept the premise of man-made global warming if you want to defend F1 against environmentalist accusations. To parade the FIA's list of proposed green measures is merely to invite demands for even more to be done; Porteous' ignorant statement that "The faster the car, the faster it destroys the Earth" is evidence of the closed mindset of the environmentalists. They will not be happy until F1 has gone forever.
Fighting the battle on the environmentalists' ground is bound to lose; F1 has to hit them where it hurts - on the scientific fallacy that is anthropogenic global warming. There is no need to bow to the myth just because it happens to be flavor of the month.
I have said enough already on this subject for readers to know my views and I do not propose to bore them again. By all means, watch Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, but balance it by also watching the documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle, and the brief explanation of how Gore twists the facts, The Scare Tactics. It's called hearing both sides.
There is still a debate and, believe it or not, the warmies aren't winning.