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(writer of the blog here): Eh... hm.... I really don't want to get into conspiracy theories here. To be honest, during the whole Formula Zero championship we go
by demultiplexer 12y ago
(writer of the blog here): Eh... hm.... I really don't want to get into conspiracy theories here. To be honest, during the whole Formula Zero championship we got absolutely zero interest from any fossil fuel companies. I haven't posted a good picture of our kart yet, but our biggest sponsors?
- Greenchoice (a grid energy provider with a focus on renewables)
- DSM (plastics manufacturer, mostly because of our innovative use of composite body parts)
- University of Delft
- A whole bunch of mechanical suppliers (Rodac, Swagelok)
- A whole bunch of electronics suppliers (Chroma, Cyner, Betronic)
- A logistics company (van Kaathoven)
Even the organization of Formula Zero, who had a pretty strong foothold in the fossil business through their renewables programmes, didn't get any attention from fossil fuel anything.
And this barely changed when the competition dissolved into Formula Student. Even though this is one of the biggest student competitions in the world, it doesn't get nearly as much sponsorship from big oil as e.g. the Shell Ecomarathon. If they were really interested in getting enthusiastic, almost evangelistic people on the case to promote hydrogen as the next big thing, they would sponsor Formula Student.