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[–] [email protected] 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Yet another problem not solved by EVs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

It's actually made a little worse by EVs because of battery weight.

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