Carbon tracks

Hi,
Musing#10
The burning issue(pun intended) of today, affecting the economy of all the countries is the soaring price of crude oil which has shot through the stratosphere. This is the vicious cycle effect of demand-supply gap. On one hand the natural gas is getting depleted and on the other hand the demand is increasing in geometrical proportion to increased automobile population and increased mobility of people. This can not be avoided as it is part of economical growth.But what can be avoided is unnecessary burning of this scarce commodity like in motor rallies and motor racing.Has anyone bothered to calculate the amount of fuel burnt in practice for rallies and races and also in actual races and rallies. Enough is being written about carbon foot prints, but nothing is being either talked or written about these "carbon tracks". Will the global leaders give a serious thought to ban these rallies and races in the larger interest of capping the gas prices. This will benefit the automobile manufacturers also even though many of them are the sponsors of these events as the demand for vehicles which is affected due to escalating gas prices will be pegged.
Appeal to youths all over the globe who indulge in drag races for the thrill of it, is to stop it. This will be their contribution to lessen the carbon tracks and this may save more lives and limbs also.
Let us as responsible citizen of this planet earth ,also resolve to save every drop of oil by avoiding purposeless wandering in vehicles which will bring down not only the demand for the oil but also bring down the pollution to a great extent.
This is the least we can do for the future generation.
mentor mohan