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Formula One: Earth car will emit over 50 tonnes of CO2

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Jenson Button's car will be responsible for emitting over 50 tonnes of carbon dioxide this Formula One season, it has emerged in the week they launched the "Earth Car" as the centrepiece of their environmental-awareness campaign. The English driver's emissions in the F1 season will probably be more than five times higher than the average Briton produces in 12 months.

Button and his team-mate Rubens Barrichello will race Honda's new RA107 and send about 500kg of CO2 into the atmosphere on each of the 17 grand prix weekends, and about 17 tonnes by the end of the 2007 season. The cars emit around 1,500g of carbon dioxide per kilometre, which is almost nine times more than the amount of the average new road vehicle.

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Without mention of the carbon emissions the entire team will emit driving to their jobs at the test facility, loading up the 4 to 8 semi-trailers that will then, over the course of the season, travel the entire globe either via road, rail, or air, then return to spend more time testing and driving, loads of nasty burning rubber not only from the track but from the Bridgestone tire mfging plant, the trucks that deliver the tires, gas, parts, etc... the "Earth Car" is more hilarious than Mr. Gore's carbon neutral heated pool.

It's MOTOR RACING!

15 days and counting 'til Melbourne - Can't wait!

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