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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
If we wanted to compare apples to oranges, a study could be done about & the effects they have been trying to "go green" I guess.
I agree the control system change to keep them year after year will help with this, - less repeat manufacturing (in theory) but what are the effect of holding more tournaments in lieu of less (Michigan competition Structure) which means more energy used at events, more waste from teams at the sites & more supplies for making more fields.
The alternative is that teams aren't competing miles away & may be traveling less, but I hardly see the environmental impact (in a positive way - yet at least) this may bring.
I guess we may see the results of that as time goes on, but like I said, I don't see the immediate positive impact... yet.
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Look at the MI structure as a environmental value impact. With the robot bagging system the robots are traveling directly to the event with the team traveling to the event in a 150 pound configuration. This is saving 250 pounds x 40 teams or about 10,000 pounds of shipping. Plus with the drayage system, there is a ton of extra run around. Yes it may be net environmental neutral since there are more events, but this is more return with neutral impact. That sounds like a good thing to me.