bugjuice
2nd March 2007, 08:10
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10426527
Australia's V8 Supercars are racing green this year, committing to planting thousands of trees to completely offset the carbon emissions of their high-performance vehicles.
The project will involve planting 10,000 trees at a cost of $60,000 ($68,000) and running a schools programme to send out a message about greenhouse gases and climate change.
The Supercars organisation has also committed to using five per cent ethanol, a non-fossil fuel, in its cars' fuel mix this season, starting this weekend in Adelaide.
Bit I want to rant about; He [V8 chairman Tony Cochrane] said Supercars had a fan base of three million. "We feel that if we show some leadership here and go the hard yards to make these changes to our racing programme, we can lend a real hand in getting an education message out there to all Australians that everybody can do their little part to make a difference."..
Don't think the fan base is the problem! If we had an ethanol mix at the pump, then we'd all just start using it anyway, wouldn't we..??
Does the engine have to be tuned specifically to run such a mix? And would it improve or deteriorate the performance?
Anyway, I'm goin outside to plant a tree now.
Anyone here actually done a tree planting day/weekend? it's actually quite good fun, gettin all muddy n stuff.. done a few now meself
Australia's V8 Supercars are racing green this year, committing to planting thousands of trees to completely offset the carbon emissions of their high-performance vehicles.
The project will involve planting 10,000 trees at a cost of $60,000 ($68,000) and running a schools programme to send out a message about greenhouse gases and climate change.
The Supercars organisation has also committed to using five per cent ethanol, a non-fossil fuel, in its cars' fuel mix this season, starting this weekend in Adelaide.
Bit I want to rant about; He [V8 chairman Tony Cochrane] said Supercars had a fan base of three million. "We feel that if we show some leadership here and go the hard yards to make these changes to our racing programme, we can lend a real hand in getting an education message out there to all Australians that everybody can do their little part to make a difference."..
Don't think the fan base is the problem! If we had an ethanol mix at the pump, then we'd all just start using it anyway, wouldn't we..??
Does the engine have to be tuned specifically to run such a mix? And would it improve or deteriorate the performance?
Anyway, I'm goin outside to plant a tree now.
Anyone here actually done a tree planting day/weekend? it's actually quite good fun, gettin all muddy n stuff.. done a few now meself