Jacqueline wrote:

When they were arguing about the maximum speed in Holland, one of the reasons for not raising the speed limit was that because of air friction really starting to matter around that speed,

a

car going faster than, say, 100 kph is going to produce a *lot* more

carbon

monoxide and other fun gases.

The environmental argument is the one with real merit - unfortunately, to be logical about it, all forms of motorsport should obviously be banned.

Hey, at least the subject got discussed in Holland. I suspect any attempt to even open that debate in this country would be howled down.

SInce I can't tie this in to B7 at all, I'd suggest it move to the spin list if anyone has further comments.

Louise