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Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 08:04 AM Jul 2013

Nascar waves the green

•NASCAR Green Continues Steady Growth With Addition of Eaton: NASCAR announced a new multi-year official agreement with Eaton, a leader in developing global solutions for today's most critical electrical power management challenges. The new alliance makes Eaton an Official NASCAR Green Partner, with the designation 'Official EV Charging Solution Provider of NASCAR' bolstering the growing roster of companies utilizing the NASCAR Green platform to validate technologies that positively impact the environment. The new collaboration includes the installation of 20 Eaton Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at NASCAR offices in Daytona Beach, Charlotte and Concord. The stations will power electric and plug-in hybrid EVs of NASCAR employees and guests. Eaton is a leading provider of EV charging infrastructure in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, EV charging infrastructure build out is critical given its benefits include lowered Greenhouse Gas and particulate emissions, improved public health, increased energy security and lower operating cost per mile. For example, based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy ratings (fueleconomy.gov), fully charging a Ford Focus EV every day for a year equates to saving 211 trees which equates to the GHG emissions from five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. As part of this collaboration, Eaton joins the NASCAR Fuel for Business Council, which brings together an exclusive group of more than 60 Official NASCAR Partners four times per year to buy and sell products and services from one another. This exclusive business-to-business environment offers unique opportunities for many FORTUNE 500 companies to bypass the time and layers of corporate coordination that may exist and construct customized deals to help address specific business needs.(NASCAR)(7-2-2013)

Green energy initiatives in other "major league sports"?

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Nascar waves the green (Original Post) Mopar151 Jul 2013 OP
A sport the primary attribute of which is wasting gasoline... malthaussen Jul 2013 #1
A 747 flying from LA to London uses more fuel in one flight... truebrit71 Jul 2013 #2
Is it? Mopar151 Jul 2013 #3

malthaussen

(17,065 posts)
1. A sport the primary attribute of which is wasting gasoline...
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 09:54 AM
Jul 2013

... and polluting the air has a "Green Partner?" That's ludicrous.

-- Mal

 

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
2. A 747 flying from LA to London uses more fuel in one flight...
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:23 AM
Jul 2013

...than the entire Formula One season in an entire year....just to put it into perspective..

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
3. Is it?
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 12:14 PM
Jul 2013

You may wish to review another thread on this group - "Why does motorsport rrepresent a safe hate?"

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