Driving to an End: NASCAR’s Impact on the
Environment- 11/28/07

I hate NASCAR.  Hate it.  I can see cars driving anywhere and at
any time.  The last thing I want to do is watch 500 miles of it on a
track that goes nowhere.  Yes, I have heard it all, “It’s the
environment and the people surrounding the race”, and “THEY
ARE JUST SO FAST, IT’S AWESOME”.  I get it.  Not to knock
these…drivers?  I certainly can’t call them athletes, though what
they do is very dangerous.  But I just feel that it takes no athletic
skill to drive a car at high speeds.  Maybe I just haven’t done it,
but I feel that it has more to do with mental awareness and
attentiveness.

But that is not the real thing that bugs me about NASCAR.  With
all the talk today about Global Warming and oil consumption, I
have yet to hear anything about the “sport” that harms the
environment on a regular basis.

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