Formula 1 BLOG

It would seem that not all the “Green” folks are behind Honda’s attempt to do something positive for the environment. Friends of the Earth has pointed out how Ironic it is for a car manufacturer to be asking people to help the environment when in their opinion…

“There is some irony in the fact that Honda are attempting to promote the environment and calling on others to address environmental issues when they are contributing to climate change by participating in what is probably the most polluting sport on the planet.”

What I find silly about this is that Honda is getting the abuse for “Trying” to do something even remotely green while the other F1 teams are ignored by people like Friends of the Earth. Friends of the Earth also completely ignore the fact that maybe, just maybe, some of the technology that goes into making current cars cleaner and more efficient was contributed to in some small way by the research performed by F1 racing teams and others.

Now, Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying there isn’t an element of opportunism in the whole Honda Green car Idea, I mean, Green is popular these days so why not? But if one is going to acknowledge that then one also has to accept that these so called “Friends of the Earth” are doing exactly the same thing by grabbing the coat tails of the Honda machine and screaming for a little press for themselves.

The reality is nearly every creature on this planet is motivated by their own self interests, be that creature a special interest group or a massive corporation so why not just sit back and enjoy the race…