{"id":567200,"date":"2010-05-17T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/17\/eco-unfriendly-dakar-2010-caused-570k-of-damage-in-chile\/"},"modified":"2010-05-17T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T22:32:00","slug":"eco-unfriendly-dakar-2010-caused-570k-of-damage-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/567200","title":{"rendered":"Eco Unfriendly: Dakar 2010 caused 570K of damage in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Despite the best efforts of racing organizations the world over to clean up their image, it’s pretty tough to consider any kind of motorsport squeaky clean. Apparently, that’s especially true of the recent Dakar rally in South America. Besides the expected burning of fossil fuels and the emissions associated with it, the National Monuments Council (NMC) of Chile reports that the off-road race caused roughly $570,000 (300 million pesos) of damage to 56 of the country’s 111 heritage sites.<\/p>\n

Further, the NMC says that 13 of those heritage sites suffered from lost archeological data. Apparently, this isn’t the first such instance of collateral damage during the Dakar race. Last year, a similar report was filed by the NMC, and the organization is again asking that the rally organizers pay these costs.<\/p>\n

For what it’s worth, such damage was not unexpected. Late last year, the NMC drafted a detailed report of expected damage to the sites it monitors. Next year, though, the NMC is hoping that its report, which will be completed this August in anticipation of the event early in 2011, will be handed out to rally participants so they know where to tread especially lightly.<\/p>\n

[Source: Moto-Net<\/a> via Motorbiker<\/a> | Image: Gabriel Bouys\/AFP\/Getty Images]<\/p>\n

Eco Unfriendly: Dakar 2010 caused 570K of damage in Chile<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Mon, 17 May 2010 17:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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