Comments on: Does Honda care about the world? http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/03/04/does-honda-care-about-the-world/ Not a real vee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/03/04/does-honda-care-about-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-101625 Andrew Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:43:17 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/03/04/does-honda-care-about-the-world/#comment-101625 Didn't there used to be a desert in North Africa? The planet looks positively lush on the Hondas. Didn’t there used to be a desert in North Africa? The planet looks positively lush on the Hondas.

]]> By: Don Speekingleesh http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/03/04/does-honda-care-about-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-61784 Don Speekingleesh Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:51:58 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/03/04/does-honda-care-about-the-world/#comment-61784 The FIA pay for trees to be planted in Mexico. I remember comments being passed on the amount of paper used to announce this fact in late 1997/early 1998. Find it strange that nobody else seems to remember it. Must dig out my old F1 Racing issues next time I visit my parents - think that's where I saw it origionally. The FIA pay for trees to be planted in Mexico. I remember comments being passed on the amount of paper used to announce this fact in late 1997/early 1998. Find it strange that nobody else seems to remember it.

Must dig out my old F1 Racing issues next time I visit my parents – think that’s where I saw it origionally.

]]> By: jameshigham http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/03/04/does-honda-care-about-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-61199 jameshigham Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:08:41 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/03/04/does-honda-care-about-the-world/#comment-61199 The Honda colours certainly make you puke. Your comment about trickle down from F1 to road cars is spot on. The Honda colours certainly make you puke. Your comment about trickle down from F1 to road cars is spot on.

]]> By: Ollie White http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/03/04/does-honda-care-about-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-61089 Ollie White Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:49:42 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/03/04/does-honda-care-about-the-world/#comment-61089 Hey Duncan, that was a great post. Personally, I don't mind the new Honda <em>livery</em>, but like you I too would have been happy with a white-based scheme with maybe a hint of red and black. As far as I can decipher, both F1 and WRC are completely carbon neutral. The FIA contribute to some tree-planting scheme, probably in South America, and they take into account the transportation of the teams around the world, testing and races etc... I'm a little disheartened it has taken this episode to make people realise this little known fact, but the FIA are to blame for that. And yeah, Fuller has a lot to answer for, and while this Honda thing is clearly not just a 'Save the world' campaign (Honda must be rubbing their hands together), I think every little helps and that Honda have been quite brave in what they're doing. Hey Duncan, that was a great post. Personally, I don’t mind the new Honda livery, but like you I too would have been happy with a white-based scheme with maybe a hint of red and black.

As far as I can decipher, both F1 and WRC are completely carbon neutral. The FIA contribute to some tree-planting scheme, probably in South America, and they take into account the transportation of the teams around the world, testing and races etc…

I’m a little disheartened it has taken this episode to make people realise this little known fact, but the FIA are to blame for that.

And yeah, Fuller has a lot to answer for, and while this Honda thing is clearly not just a ‘Save the world’ campaign (Honda must be rubbing their hands together), I think every little helps and that Honda have been quite brave in what they’re doing.

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