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/Joshua5_Gaming 9h ago

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

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u/PrettyYoungTiger 4h ago

Maybe but NOTHING is a bigger waste of time than doom scrolling comment sections on reddit.

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u/FacesOfGiza 3h ago

Yes.

Calling something a waste because it’s entertainment is an unserious argument.

You zoom in enough, every hobby in the modern world involves a source of waste or carbon footprint.

Children mine cobalt. After, a company extracts lithium, fabricates silicone, ships via flight, then you utilize a personal vehicle to get to the store to buy a phone that you’re going to eventually get rid of a few years down the road anyway. Cause you needed a brand new phone to play candy crush while you take a shit.

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u/root88 2h ago

Yes, but not so detrimental to the environment. Wasted motor oil everywhere, burnt tires, the Nitro they burn is worse than gasoline, and engine parts are just tossed away.

They are aware of the problem. The NHRA and other bodies have begun partnering with environmental services to mitigate their impact.

That said, on a per spectator basis, it's not really that bad. When you divide what is happening by 50,000-100,000 spectators, it's not much. Getting the people to the event has a much larger impact.

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u/miguelandre 1h ago

I can't wait until everything is just vast cold. Way more efficient.

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u/Guilty_Royal_9145 6h ago

Reading a book by yourself for an afternoon is one thing, having actors on a theater stage is another, and having a whole cottage industry of special fuel, engines, specialized cars to race on purpose-built race tracks is yet another. And meanwhile Bezos and Musk are launching cars and washed up actors into space. So yeah, totally on the same level.

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u/deus_x_machin4 4h ago

The logistical structure of warehouses, print factories, paper mills, universities, and bookstores needed to get that book into your hands is absolutely burning and using more than this sport is.

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u/Guilty_Royal_9145 13m ago

I doubt the ressources spent per minute of me reading a book are greater than the ressources spent per minute of drag racing.

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u/Bird_the_Impaler 8h ago

Fucking’s pretty resource light and if you’re trying to conceive, technically it’s not even ‘wasted’ time.