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Originally Posted by pocon1
50% of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. are suvs and the U.S. has 1/3 of all vehicles in the world. I submit to you that racing consumes a fraction of the resources that even a city like Atlanta uses. Honestly, how many full-time racers do you know? Same thing goes for the recreational gadgets like motorcycles, snowmobiles, etc... How many are there?
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I'm not arguing that the figures are comparable to SUV's (they might be, I don't know one way or the other), I'm saying that SUV's aren't the only significant drain on petroleum sources. Also, in motorsport, tires (made from oil) are used once and thrown away. It can't be making the environmentalists too happy.