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Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
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Lots of things contribute to this. Vehicle weight (extra stress on the tires), wheel alignment (toe-in/out causes scrubbing which causes more wear), unmaintained suspensions (worn out shocks, struts and bushings causing the above), burnouts (obviously, but, even in winter being the guy doing a burnout on summer tires while trying to get up an icy hill or across the intersection still counts), tire compound, road design, and driving style. If we had more cargo trains doing logi instead of long haul trucks we could probably cut down on a lot of pollution both in exhaust particles and tire particles.
Yet another problem not solved by EVs
But the manufacturer and my government said they were eco-friendly, what do you means my 6000 pounds of steel and plastic isn't good for the planet?
It's actually made a little worse by EVs because of battery weight.
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But electric cars will fix everything. Thats what electric car manufacturers said!
Electric cars are not here to save the planet, they are here to save the car industry.
That’s why this is so important. Now that we’re finally starting to move to electric vehicles and can see a future with no exhaust and much less brake dust, that tire pollution stands out even more.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
We are far from good: Cars ruined walkability. Most suburbs are under constant tyre roar within a kilometer from a freeway. Stroads are hideous and biking there is dangerous.
Tyre dust went onto fields, into crops, we ate the dust, gut illness became common. Heard of gluten free? People are sick.
This would be good: https://www.quora.com/What-new-types-of-public-transport-could-there-be/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen
But we let the free market lock us into a technological dead-end. Ending the market religion in state affairs would be good. Some things need a 100-year plan. https://lemmy.world/comment/10858248
I'm not arguing whether cars are good or bad for society as a whole.
I'm just saying that if the choice is between internal combustion engines and electric motors, it's a no brainer.
Slightly better isn't good enough.
The only thing I see amerikans taking 'urgent action' on is making sure a few select convicted criminals avoid doing any prison time.
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