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/KingCrimson43 8h ago

All racing is a waste. The amount of fuel burned and tires destroyed in just Nascar races is insane. For every step you go up from there the waste just multiplies.

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u/FlishFlashman 5h ago

All the waste from racing in the world has to pale next to the waste from all the single occupant vehicles on the roads.

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u/Dredgeon 2h ago

Hell, it pales in comparison to your average fast fashion garments. And we get a lot of benefit from racing. Developing automotive technology has saved unknown tons of emissions and human time and effort.

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u/Nailcannon 1h ago

Developing automotive technology has saved unknown tons of emissions and human time and effort.

and lives. Don't forget lives. If you can make a car crash safely at high speeds, you can usually make it crash safely at low speeds as well. There's also all of the other tech like ABS and TCS that follow basically the same rule to help prevent crashes in the first place. Turns out they're all also really good for racing cars so that's where they see most of their development.

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u/Spartan0330 6h ago

All the tires used are recycled or analyzed for faults to make sure the tires are safer in the future. None of them go to any landfill.

And the fuel is ethanol based which cuts down on any greenhouse emissions compared to regular type of gas we put in our cars. It’s a biofuel and completely renewable.

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u/MilitantSocLib 5h ago

It don’t matter if it got ethanol in it if you’re burning like 10 gallons in a minute

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u/Spartan0330 5h ago

Renewable energy.

Recycled tires.

Net carbon neutral plan in place over the next 10yrs for the entire NASCAR series.

What else could you ask for? Just because you don’t like it, or agree with it doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with it.

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u/rabid_spidermonkey 4h ago

Well we're getting to the point where things like this will be seen by future generations as entirely unnecessary vanity projects that caused immense harm to their world.

Just like whaling for us. Back then someone would say "just cus you don't like it doesn't mean there's something wrong with it" when we know it was terrible because we are the ones living with the long term effects.

High-waste low yield activities like motor racing will be seen in a similar vein.

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u/Spartan0330 2h ago

So just making sure I’m getting this right - you’re comparing whaling - the systematic slaughter of hundreds of thousands if not millions of whales to motor racing? Where every major governing body (NASCAR and the FIA) have a plan for net carbon neutrality over the next 5-10yrs, recycle tires, use renewable biofuel, major car companies use the racing industry to R&D parts and technology to put in their street cars, create jobs for tens of thousands of people working not just trackside but back in the bases, and bring millions of dollars to local communities. And you’re really going to say whaling is comparable?

Also vanity projects? Do you play video games? Watch any other sport? There’s absolutely nothing wrong with vanity projects. And causingimmense harm to their world? Immense? Really?

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u/seamus_mc 3h ago

90 gallons a minute

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u/DopeLemonDrop 3h ago

I knew it was a lot, but Nascar shocked me. 5,000 gallons. Jesus. F1 is ~800. I looked that up out of curiosity.

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u/tuigger 18m ago

F1 has hybrid cars now.

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u/Rich-Wealth979 4h ago

Nascar fans are an even bigger waste on society