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Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:55 am

Motor Sport Should Be Banned

Discuss....

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:36 am

I think the dozens of comments calling him a lentilist twat say it all.

Dissapointing as I used to read the Herald, they would never have allowed this pish to be printed a few years ago

Dicey · Post by **Dicey** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:39 am

Thre's a woman at work who uses her Nissan Micra to drive less than two miles to work in the morning, back home at lunchtime, then back to work again, and finally home at night whilst spending 10-20 minutes each time getting in and out of the car parks who would probably agree with this.

And I can think of at least half a dozen people who use their cars to drive to work when they could walk for twenty minutes or so, and I know that they don't use their cars for anything else in between ie. liftin', shiftin' or dropping the kids etc.

How many people like that are there in the world, and how do their emissions compare with all of motorsports?

I think Mr Journo is missing the source of the problem entirely...

Mike

woody · Post by **woody** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:52 am

Twas only a matter of time lets be honest. I have posted, with my real name, which is the same as my dads, who is an area editor with S&UN/Trinity Mirror

tenkfeet · Post by **tenkfeet** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:58 am

The technology exists for cars to run on vegetable oil so if the earth is in such iminent danger why does the government not encourage the use of alternative fuels ?

I am all for protecting the enviroment from polution and needless destruction but I am yet to be convinced by the global warming argument . Could it be the natural heat cycle of the world ?

As for banning motorsport , lets ban football and golf as the thousands of people attending these events I would imagine burn more fuel flying and driving every week to watch.

james · Post by **james** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:05 am

As has already been proved if you are not a government official, media journo or misguided citizen and if you care to look, CO2 doesnt cause global warming, its the other way round.

This article is a complete waste of space. Dont bother even reading it.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:05 am

Even the Lentilists have a pop if you read some of the comments. Is it bring an angry teenager to work day?

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:21 am

james wrote:As has already been proved if you are not a government official, media journo or misguided citizen and if you care to look, CO2 doesnt cause global warming, its the other way round.

This article is a complete waste of space. Dont bother even reading it.

Could not agree more!

Utter tosh!

Motorsport brings great technological advances, which filter down to main stream cars; improving safety, reliability, and therfore saving lives & the environment.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:59 am

Dominic wrote:Motorsport brings great technological advances, which filter down to main stream cars; improving safety, reliability, and therfore saving lives & the environment.

As demonstrated by the crash test dummy at the weekend, 180mph to nothing in a very short distance and drive yourself home the next day!