• ThomasLadder_69@lemmy.ml
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    19 days ago

    Less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions (And by my rough math, it could be lower than even 0.5%)

    While many of the engineering improvements from racing aren’t nearly as dramatic as they were previously (take the flappy paddle gearbox, for example). Nowadays, the improvements are lower level, think things like material science, manufacturing processes, and efficiency. But given the scale of the consumer vehicle market, these small changes add up very quickly.

    Also, I dont think you understand what neglibility means. We would still be well on track for net zero carbon emissions even without sacrificing these culturally/socially significant activities.

    The prime contributor to emissions by far and away is the industrial/power sector. Slight improvements there equate to decades if not hundreds of years of racing/football. A 5 percent decrease in either would easily account for thousands of years of both.

    This is my problem with the “consumers need to do their part” rhetoric. We already are. The only reason things are as bad as they have been is entirely because of greedy mega corporations and governments who refuse to change due to corruption.

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      18 days ago

      ok, how 'bout this:

      you enjoy watching idiots produce smog that’s not necessary AS YOUR FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT, and the rest of us will despise your shitty choices.

      obviously you are never going to comprehend IT ALL NEEDS TO GO. Because this is your chosen form of entertainment, you don’t give a shit about your children’s future and will selfishly cling to a ‘sport’ which consists of idiots racing in circles.

      You do you. what a strange fetish.

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        16 days ago

        obviously you are never going to comprehend IT ALL NEEDS TO GO

        Except that’s not the case. There are plenty of ways to offset emissions, and that is exactly how formula plans to reach carbon-neutrality by 2030. When that happens, what, then? Do you think they still need to go? Even if they are doing no measurable harm to the atmoshpere? What if they had negative carbon production due to excess offsets?

        It seems you are far too obsessed with the principles rather than approaching the situation rationally/pragmatically.

        Also, I don’t even watch racing lmao.

        • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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          16 days ago

          There are plenty of ways to offset emissions,

          show me a single one that can offset any significant amount of carbon emissions in any kind of useful timeline. they range from hideously expensive to outright insane (requiring more energy to sequester than was emitted in the burning). of course you’re dumb enough to believe in these fantasies - big oil are the ones selling those too.

          you’re a fool, who’s entertained by foolish things, and believes foolish solutions will come save you.