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Sunny Green Box: Heating tires the green way

Ever been to an automobile race? If so, you've surely noticed that every team on the grid has a pile of tires just waiting to be bolted on their race cars, and none of them goes on cold. Generally, the stacks of tires are placed inside enclosures that duct hot air directly to the tires, bringing them up to temperature so they are soft enough for racing. There's a problem, though, with this situation, and it's all about how the heat for the tires is generated. Apparently, a bunch of pollution-spewing gas burners are currently in use at the Le ... Read more →

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