Date Posted: 2010-07-01
FORUMULA ONE CUTS EMISSIONS
The Formula One super cars are on track to cut engine emissions by 15% in three years.
Formula One, with its high-consuming cars, glossy advertising and expensive globetrotting teams, has sometimes been accused of "greenwashing" its own image.
But now the sport is to have a comprehensive and externally audited carbon reduction programme.
Further ambitions may include a doubling of energy efficiency in engines, which manufacturers hope would feed through into road cars.
The drivers behind the programme is pressure from sponsors, who are increasingly keen to be associated with a "greener" product.
Formula One's regular cost-cutting programmes include some measures that will also reduce carbon emissions; and Trucost calculates that plans already in place will cut emissions by about 15% from 2009 levels by 2012.
