Talk:Environmentalism in motorsport
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[edit] Some thoughts
Interesting topic for an article. Some thoughts for further investigation:
- The article rather suffers from recentism. The 2007 Formula Masters series wasn't the first response to green issues. Audi of course won Le Mans in 2006 with a diesel car. There was a Reynard Motorsport project with Chrysler in the mid 90s intended for Le Mans (see here). A little searching would probably turn up other failed projects to give some historical context. I'm sure racing diesels (in touring cars) go back at least to the 90s. You could even go back to the 1960s and 70s Rover-BRM and Team Lotus experiments with gas turbines, although I suspect those were not intended specifically as a response to green issues. There may have been a connection to oil supply though, which is relevant.
- See here for a discussion raised on the F1 talk page quite some time ago (I didn't pick the title!). Might be some relevant stuff there. 4u1e 10:17, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merging
Another page called Green motorsport has appeared and while the subject matter is different the title means effectively the same thing. Green motorsport I think should be either deleted of merged into this page. --Falcadore 08:08, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. They are basically two articles on the same thing with different focuses. I think if we merged them, we could just have one good article on the subject. Recury 13:33, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV
Personally, I don't think the "Superkarts" section is neutral. For instance, "footprint than gas guzzling so-called 'superior' categories" would be a good example and there are several points in the section which feel very informal rather than formal which I think Wikipedia should be, eg. "One V8Supercar uses approximately 500 litres (or more) of fuel for just one weekend race meeting. Now multiply that by a field of 32+ V8Supercars, and that is at least 16000litres".
Thoughts? --Phill talk Edits Review this GA review! 11:02, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
