Isn't NASCAR more about sponsors (ads) than cars anyway? The cars don't excite me in the least.
It has been described as throwing a handful of Skittles in a toilet and hitting the flush lever to watch them go in circles.
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Isn't NASCAR more about sponsors (ads) than cars anyway? The cars don't excite me in the least.
Nye is a boring pencil-necked geek who obviously knows nothing about NASCAR, probably never even been to a race. To make statements about what they *should* do reflects on his pseudo-intellectual persona...yeah i'm a redneck and i like racin'
Attacking someone for their appearance is juvenile. Yes Bill Nye is skinny. So what? He's extremely smart and does a terrific job getting people interested in and excited about science, a very worthwhile endeavor.Nye is a boring pencil-necked geek...
Formula E already exists and unfortunately it is underwhelming in the current state. OTOH, the electrics are ruling almost all classes at Pike's Peak, so maybe it's a matter of having the right set of rules.
It appears your definition of 'science' is somewhat limited.Bill Nye first came to prominence on a locally produced skit show in Seattle called Almost Live. He did science bits like Mr Wizard and also did participated in some of the skits. I met a couple of the cast and had a quite lengthy talk with one of them once. He said Bill Nye was a very weird guy.
Bill Nye also doesn't have a degree in science, he's a Mechanical Engineer by training who was working at Boeing when he started appearing on Almost Live. Any engineer worth their salt should know quite a bit about science, in my Electronic Engineering program I had to take 2 years of Physics, over 2 years of advanced math Calculus, differential equations, partial differential equations, and Fourier math), and some Chemistry and Biology. I could have gotten a double major in Physics with only a few more courses, but I was ready to move on. I checked Cornell's requirements (Nye's alma mater) and it looks similar to my school.
Neither here nor there, it just irritates me a bit when people celebrate him as a scientist. He does a decent job of watering down science so it can be understood by non-scientists, and he seems to think more like a scientist than an engineer, but he doesn't have a degree in science.
It appears your definition of 'science' is somewhat limited.
Not at all. I just have a problem with people thinking Bill Nye has a degree in science like other spokespeople for science like Carl Sagan, Neil deGrass Tyson, and Michio Kaku who all have/had PhDs in the subjects they educate the public about. Bill Nye is essentially the modern Mr. Wizard.
Anyone can learn science and many people who don't have advanced degrees in it can educate others on the basics of science, but they are more likely to have more holes in their knowledge than someone who studied a scientific discipline for around 9 years.
Okay I completely disagree with your position on this. Engineering is applied science. Engineers learn about basic physics, chemistry, mathematics, laboratory work, the scientific method, etc., and also learn how to apply that knowledge. Depending on the program they may graduate with a substantial parity with physics graduates in knowledge about science, though probably with different emphasis on the specific topics.
Once you go on to masters and doctorate degrees, you don't learn more about science in the broad sense. You narrow your focus and learn in much greater degree about a smaller and smaller part of the overall subject of science. Surely this would only incrementally help in honing your abilities to understand broad scientific topics or disseminate knowledge about science to the general public.
If you ask a particle physicist to comment on chemistry issues, he'll be able to discuss it to a certain level, but no better or worse than Bill Nye.
Bill Nye obviously doesn't know much about NASCAR. But I bet Carl Sagan didn't either.
So here's the plan. All stock Teslas. Quick change battery station in each pit. Each team has four batteries. What could be simpler?
Now, since there will no fans in the stands to watch watch a silent, odorless and utterly boring race, let's spice it up by making it figure 8 race, with an optional center jump. Oh, and put playing cards in the wheel spokes to make some noise. Daytona Figure 8 Electric Classic 500. Wow!
Seriously, NASCAR, let's don't. But lets DO do Pike's Peak (Love to see a modified P90D streaking up that course) and continue to have fun at the drag strips.
This is an interesting suggestion. One advantage of electrics is you can race in an enclosed arena, both noise and exhaust issues are absent. With battery swap pit stops there's no issue with total charge. Top speeds are inherently limited.NASCAR would not be a good fit for the level of EV technology today, but ...
Some kind of racing that could be done inside a stadium. No emissions, lots of laps per charge.
Offroad? Drifting? Sprint cars?