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Fuck Cars @lemmy.ca salarua @sopuli.xyz 11mo ago

Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds

www.thedrive.com Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds

Recent studies have shown tire emissions to be a larger threat to global health than anyone realized—and EVs could make the problem worse.

Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds

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Do you/ humanity/ clever folk have a plan for this. Evs are slowly creeping up but I don't think there's a plan for tire dust
- Trains
  
  What about all of the train dust?
- Wait until you learn about brakes.
  
  Zero emission car? Ha! Depends on what you classify as an emission.
  
  EVs are also a major improvement for the microdust emitted by breaks, as they mainly use the motor for breaking.
- @Mojojojo1993 I know that at least Goodyear already presented a tire made of 70% sustainable materials. Combine that with their ideas for airless tires and we might be on a good way. I guess other tire manufacturers are researching in this fields already as well.
  
  @salarua
  
  Producing tires with sustainable materials is a bit of a different problem from producing tires that release less toxic dust. They will need to be pressured into spending money on the later.
Ban cars.

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