Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for February 19, 2016

I think we’ll see flag football in the NFL long before we see electric NASCAR’s.

They may as well go electric. “Stock Car Racing” is so far from that very thing these days that they should rename it anything else but.

It’s not the 40 race cars, it’s the 50,000 fan’s vehicles that would be the problem. Jim Bob, y’all gotta get an eelektrik ride.

I remember the rebellion against Parnelli Jones in 1967. I might be a race fan had Jones prevailed against the traditionalists. Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

And imagine how much pollution and greenhouse gases would have been eliminated if Bill Nye started walking cross country to all of his interviews.

NASCAR 2020

But can you begin to imagine the advancements in electric car design (and batteries) if the bright engineers of NASCAR were forced to turn their talents to building a fast electric car with a 500 mile range? In about ten years (or less) consumer electric cars would probably be much more practical due to the NASCAR developments and innovations.

I used to rebuild old gas engines. They always sounded fast with glasspacks and headers.

Nye’s not even a trained scientist. He got a B.S. in mechanical engineering at Cornell, where he took one class in astronomy from Carl Sagan. He didn’t become “The Science Guy” until he started showing up on a Seattle TV sketch comedy show doing bits using that tag in the Eighties. Nye is a hobbyist with a very healthy dose of self-importance.

PoodleGroomerThat’s against the law – second law of thermodynamics..Susan SchroederYeah, if you can’t argue facts, you have to go ad hominem..GuiltyBystanderThe name came from a TV producer. It was use it or no contract. He was discussing science for those unacquainted with science. I doubt you would throw away a career on a quibble, but I also doubt anyone would make you the offer.

There is Formula E racing. http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/gallery/archive/20142015-season/races/street-demos/formula-e-at-pau-gp.aspx