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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (5 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.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

what's the percentage comparison to microplastics that are released by the floating plastic island in the middle of the Atlantic?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I can't imagine much microplatics are getting chipped off of them. The tires have thousands of pounds of pressure being put on small surface areas when you round corners, where as a plastic bottleneck can dolphin into the water if hit by a large wave and not nearly as much friction placed on it.

How I imagine it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

so plastic floating in a salty ocean, being hit with wave after wave of hundreds if not thousands of tons of pressure 24 hours a day 7 days a week for literal decades all while slamming into other plastic bottles will release less plastic than tires?

IDK. I think a wider study should be done.

50-75 trillion pieces of plastic exist in the ocean today and makes up 80% of all marine pollution.

plastic itself isn't easily recycled either. tires on vehicles can be reliably recycled into other products like asphalt, roof shingles, new tires, etc.

I think if the concern is about microplastics, there are bigger pollutants at hand that need attention before car tires.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What I'm getting is I'm going to need a lot more digital bottle nosed dolpin bottles to emulate this.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

But electric cars will fix everything. Thats what electric car manufacturers said!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Trains and busses, actually.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The only thing I see amerikans taking 'urgent action' on is making sure a few select convicted criminals avoid doing any prison time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Also, we're due for a new high school shooting record. Maybe we can break it this next time.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Not surprised but happy that someone identified this source

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately this is known since two decades or so. I have learned about it in Uni 5 years ago.

I expect that car and tire manufacturers have been lobbying against this getting more attention extensively. There is no other solution except reducing car traffic.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Action won't happen. In fact, we'll increase the amount of pollution!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

The factory must grow.

Ahhh ups this is reality. Better don't over do it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

This is the way

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