Brent Secombe wrote:
> In article <pan.2005.10.17.04.43.52.586135@ae86.gts>, Hachiroku
> <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
>
>
>>On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:06:12 -0700, jim beam wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hachiroku wrote:
>>>
>>>>After today's race, Chevrolet dropped out as a supplier of engines to the
>>>>Indy Racing League (IRL)
>>>>
>>>>Interesting. Although previous Indianapolis 500's have had their share of
>>>>British engines as well as American iron, the 2006 Indy 500 will most
>>>>likely be a fight between the best from Honda and Toyota. There may be a
>>>>stray entry of an older car with a Chevy, but IRL is now All Japanese when
>>>>it comes to engines!
>>>
>>>do you find it ironic?
>>
>>Not really. The Japanese have been creeping into the world racing scenes,
>>and their engines have been getting better and better. I am curious as to
>>why Cevy dropped the ball, though.
>
>
> Still, it seems an odd digression from a quest for more economical
> engines, doesn't it?

paradoxically, it's not. to get every watt out of a racing engine, you
have to design to get that energy out of the fuel. in terms of energy
output per liter burned, F1 engines are some of the most efficient in
the world. and it's no coincidence that F1 racing is also fuel limited.
that technology is directly usable in the world of domestic economy
engine design. whether detroit /chooses/ to use it is another matter
entirely. look at the specific output [watts per liter] of honda &
toyota engines and compare them with detroit hunkojunks.

> As the public becomes sensitised to squandering
> our grandchildren's energy supplies, will corporations benefit by being
> associated with the waste?
>
> Brent