First and foremost: If you have Windows Media Player, check out this PSA from basketball hottie Steve Nash. "When the Suns get hot, that's good. But when the earth gets hot, that's bad." Swoon!
Second and, uh, secondmost, there's stuff out there about Beijing 2008 and London 2012. But there will be stories about the environmental impact of the Olympics ad nauseum in the future (perhaps even some from me!). Wouldn't you rather read about the potential drawbacks of building a youth football field out of toxic coal ash in Versailles? (The one in Kentucky, that is.)
Third and thirdmost: If you haven't already, check out our list of green sports stars, then get on our case about whom we missed. But please, no more soccer-bashing comments, like this one from fvanoly: "any activity that three year olds can do well and do as a team isn't a real sport." Them's fightin' words!
Also in sports-list comments: This reader suggests that Nascar should make a "sport villains" list. This writer disagrees. Meanwhile, Formula One looks to curb its emissions. Discuss.
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caniscandida Posted 4:01 am
10 Jun 2007
We should do what we can to discourage frivolous driving; the false sense of entitlement that one may drive wherever and whenever one pleases, and as fast as one pleases in certain circumstances; and the equally false sense of entitlement that one may burn up all the fossil fuel that one cares to buy.
It is wrong to say that the individuals who belong to the organization called NASCAR are evil, still less that the fans of car-racing are evil. But the society that supports and encourages such activities -- which means us! -- is guilty of reckless, irresponsible, destructive ignorance.
Chickens are our cousins!
So are other sensitive animals!
Enough is enough!
No more factory farms!
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GRLCowan Posted 4:46 am
10 Jun 2007
We won't do any of those things if we are, through consumption taxes on motor fuels derived from fossil fuels, fossil fuel rentiers. This suggests carbon tax is a bad idea to the extent we already have it, and those who say we should have more are trying to do us a disservice -- even if we are among the "we" who would share in the increased state carbon profit.
--- G. R. L. Cowan, former hydrogen-energy fan
Oxygen expands around boron fire, car goes
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polarcedar Posted 12:55 am
12 Jun 2007
That said, lets try to find a positive way out of the mess they created.
People like speed and competition. Accept it, and then use it to our advantage. Let's find some serious sponsors for the first GREEN BELT 300 race (where only zero emission cars can race).
The technology and innovations that the competitors would very likely produce can then be incorporated into the next generation of normal cars for all of us.
(I personally suspect that the Tesla Motors Roadster would easily lead the first race since it already a 200+ mile range without stopping)
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debroberts54 Posted 3:35 pm
12 Jun 2007
Debbie A. Roberts, Owner
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caniscandida Posted 7:14 pm
12 Jun 2007
I love your idea about the Green Belt 300 race. It seems very doable. And since the Tesla is already out there as the Car To Beat, that ought to get those competitive juices flowing.
Debbie, my grandparents had a late-60s Impala, silver-grey. How I loved that car! But I forget what happened to it: It served them for a number of years, and then I think they passed it on to a young nephew. By the time I was living with them and driving to work in their car, they had a Chevy Malibu, pretty reliable, but much clunkier.
Best wishes on greenifying the engine. If it can be done, that will be a very good example for all of us.
Chickens are our cousins!
So are other sensitive animals!
Enough is enough!
No more factory farms!
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FairTradeSports Posted 4:10 am
28 Jun 2007
Let's see if we can get green athletes like Steve Nash to ask their sports teams to begin converting to our eco-sports balls!
- Scott James
Fair Trade Sports
http://www.fairtradesports.com
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