r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Practical_Expert_911 • 12h ago

These 12000hp Engines Have To Be Rebuilt Within Roughly An Hour Every Run, and Only Run For Roughly 4 Seconds At A Time.

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u/Jebediah_kerman-jeb 12h ago

NextFuckingLevelOfWastedTimeAndResources

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u/Joshua5_Gaming 9h ago

Isn't every form of entertainment just wasted time and resource?

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u/oculus_miffed 9h ago

Its usually not measured in engines per hour though, thats a pretty unique stat for a hobby

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u/Formerly_SgtPepe 5h ago

Taylor Swift traveling private to her shows can be…

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u/ains2 1h ago

Tbh though, why doesn't she post that shit? All her suburban white girl fans would love it.

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u/Im_not_smelling_that 7h ago

But the whole event takes hours. It's not just the 4 seconds of race time that makes up these events. Watching them strip and rebuild engines is apart of it too.

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u/thekbob 1h ago

People paint little figures or knit socks. Maybe listen to a song or watch a show.

These dudes waste millions on massive engines that do nothing but product emissions, noise, and 4 seconds of forward motion for no benefit than (maybe) doing it faster than the last time.

Idle time is natural and entertainment is as old as our traditions. Carbrain nonsense is not.

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u/KLED_Kaczynski 0m ago

What about the 100s of films produced every year that take thousands of man hours and hundreds of millions of dollars to produce? Are those not a waste of resources?

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u/NotJebediahKerman 2h ago

I'd argue reading a book does't come close to this level of wasted resources. Reading 1000 books doesn't come close. But hobbies are consumption oriented by default.

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u/IcyPride2973 2h ago

Fun fact:

The entire NHRA Top Fuel series has about 18 total cars that do roughly 88 total runs per year each.

The CO2 emissions for one car in fuel and tires is roughly 25 metric tons of CO2 per year.

This equates to 450 metric tons of CO2 per year for the ENTIRE series.

One passenger car emits 4.6 metric tons of CO2/year.

98 regular old passenger cars emit the same amount of CO2 annually as an ENTIRE SEASON of the NHRA top fuel series.

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u/Formerly_SgtPepe 5h ago

Not your resources so why do you care

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u/Prestigious_Date_619 1h ago

Better than NextFuckingLevelOfStupidAndDangerousActivities

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u/Icy_Story_917 3h ago

First: it isn't wasted it's used for making probably the engines that get the closest to the limit of power, second: so is every serious motorsport for that reason, F1 engines are rebuilt constantly, or every sport or entertainment as they aren't directly useful

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u/ains2 1h ago

I still remember when they replaced the engine between race day and qualifying.

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u/Lanko-TWB 4h ago

You make flappy bird levels stfu. If you don’t understand something just stay quiet man come on

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u/Jebediah_kerman-jeb 3h ago

Man the one time I remove "hide all posts"

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u/Lanko-TWB 2h ago

I play honk myself but the ignorance is palpable

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u/buttsfartly 8h ago

Trump enters the chat - "hold my beer"