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The interesting thing is that, at least when its dry, if you go to a forest a week after a rally has been you probably can't tell we were there. One of the roads used in BC a while ago welcomed rallies because they improved the road.
Compared to the intended use of the road, our footprint is negligible. 'but we still have a footprint' you say. Yes, but what has been expressed to me as a concern of organisers is that if we engage the 'greens' to help find a good and workable solution, the net result will be human chains across the stage starts. That said, I agree that we need to look at being more eco friendly. CARS is looking at classes or competitions with an eco element. RA has created a class that looks at carbon production as a factor. I have no doubt there is more we can do. As always, we need people willing to step up and make these ideas happen. (IE: if someone were to research how to fund tree planting and get the information to Paul Westwick with a suggested 'eco-levy' that is both reasonable and manageable then it might well find its way into the WCRA events. Don't expect the already over tasked organiser to dig up that info on his own. First Rally: 2001 Driver (7), Co-Driver (44) Drivers (16) Clerk (10), Official (7), Volunteer (4) Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0) Last Updated, January 4, 2015 
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Simpson Timber commisioned a study on erosion and the intent was to establish the effect of traffic on theirt forest roads and that traffics contribution to sedimentation.
To have any idea they needed a base line and so as a control they chose an area of their woods where ZERO traffic or logging activity at all was being carried out. Difference was, aftre more than a year, less than 2%. That puzzled them, no traffic and essential same sedimentation. So they began looking closer at where the sediment was coming from. In the end it was found that the sedimentation came primarily from these: 
And areas like this: 
Good example: 
In other words the erosion, and subsequent sedimentation of rally cars, a few of us yahopos driving by once or twice a year is but a tiny tiny % of less than 1 %, while 97-98% comes from the simple exsistance of the exsisting road cuttings or embankments. Of course a report like that had to be binned. Our eco impact is 1/1000th of the impact of the gas consumed by beer sodden spectators at one silly football or baseball game at the stupid stadiums in Seattle, not to mention the effect the stadiums alone have. It is true there is some eco-impact, but like a lot of "True" facts it lacks any measurable, meaningful significance. Collectively, we should stop cowering and wringing our hands about "the other side", we should force THEM to provide proof of significant and lasting damage. And the only way to do that is in the courts. DNR, State Forest managers, National Forest managers should be forced to abide with the mission statements of their bureaucracies which state some gibberish about "encourage and develop the multiple uses of the Nations Forest resources". John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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