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[Savant]

Originally Posted by Dayeth

Surely there is better ways of developing new technologies than having 20+ cars tearing about at 200mph for entire weekends at a time, burning rubber and pushing the engines for performance.

Let me know when you think of one then...

[Dayeth]

Originally Posted by Savant

Let me know when you think of one then...

Well for a start, developing technology for cars to drive at that speed is totally pointless, and are only developed FOR Motorsport. What significance are fast lap times and land speed records to the world? Maybe they should be using their fabulous engineering skills to develop efficient technology specifically for road cars. Or is that not exciting enough?

[Savant]

Technology developed in motorsport is filtered down into manufactured cars.

[Dayeth]

Originally Posted by Savant

Technology developed in motorsport is filtered down into manufactured cars.

Let's cut out the middle man then.

[Savant]

Motorsport is used to test new technologies - to see what works/what doesn't work & what works best. If things weren't tested before being put into production then the market would be saturated with lots of different systems performing to different levels. I also imagine manufacturing costs would be higher since there would be less of each unit being produced. Take tuning an engine for example, if we didn't learn to tune engines for higher performance (racing) then we'd (average user) still be using much more inefficient engines and consequently we'd be burning alot more fuel. This means more pollution...

I think that all the cars on race-circuits each weekend produce negligable pollution compared to the number of people commuting in the UK every single day.

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Savant

Are you serious?! Dinosaurs fart, that's about it. Billions of humans use cars, powerstations, planes etc etc that all emit CO2.

That was my point dummy....

If there was still massive climate changes then when there was virtually no outside influence then there is obviously no correlation between the two. Climate change is a natural process regardless of what outside variables increase or decrease around it.

I'm by no means saying that humankind doesn't have an adverse effect on it's environment, just that what's happening is a natural thing not necessarily of our making.

[Savant]

Ach I misread your original post!

Although I wouldn't say there's no correlation - as I said earlier: isn't the concern over the climate changing faster than usual?

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Savant

Ach I misread your original post!

Although I wouldn't say there's no correlation - as I said earlier: isn't the concern over the climate changing faster than usual?

There's no evidence to support the theory that the climate is changing any faster than it would normally.

[KimyReizeger]

Originally Posted by Dayeth

. What significance are fast lap times and land speed records to the world??

They are relevant for those interested in pushing the boundaries of what man and machine is capable of - one which isn't neccessarily restricted to a niche audience. Not to mention fulfilling the competetive spirit and ambition of those who partake in it, and the audiences who procure entertainment from it. Basketball, now what good does that do?!?!! and don't even get me started on Tamagotchis!! If only everyone was as wholesome and globally benefitting as me (as I turn on my cd player - another pointless by-product of humanity no doubt)

[Stichman]

"Procure"? That's retro.