What a sad world we would live in if everything "wasteful" was banned. Grass huts man, grass huts...
It's true that motorsports are wasteful of fuel, but the cost per minute of entertainment, considering the huge part logistics plays in the carbon footprint of any event, is not really any more than any other spectator event.
Perhaps I'm selfishly biased, being a modifier and a track-day addict before developing an enthusiasm for hyper-miling, but I firmly believe that advanced driving techniques learned on the track can be beneficial to the regular driver. Hell... they should be mandatory... (going the other way in terms of authoritarianism...
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
Aircraft electronics are also pathetically behind the curve. I don't have to turn my phone off every time I get into a car for fear of the whole thing going up in flames.
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I'm pretty sure the Mythbusters showed that's pretty much just FAA hystrionics. Cellphones don't affect avionics at all, because they're shielded not just from outside radio signals, but they have to be shielded from each other... which means modern phones inside the cockpit have less effect on avionics than a powerful 1980's Motorola has on your car radio...