mondoman712@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhy tires — not tailpipes — are spewing more pollution from your carswww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkWhy tires — not tailpipes — are spewing more pollution from your carswww.washingtonpost.commondoman712@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTire rubber accounts for about 25-30% of all microplastic emmission on land. But we are talking about Q-tips and putting filters into washing machines, because the car lobby successfully stirred the discourse away from themselves.
minus-squarekim_harding ✅@mastodon.scotlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@tryptaminev @mondoman712 How very true, not to mention the particulate air pollution which comes from vehicle tyres
minus-squareHeliograph@mastodon.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@tryptaminev and that no matter what motor they carry 😬 #microplastic #tires https://phys.org/news/2022-11-unraveling-secrets-microplastics.html @mondoman712
minus-squareShurimal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s probably even worse with EV-s since they’re heavier than ICE cars of similar class/size.
minus-squareHeliograph@mastodon.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@Shurimal urgh yes that definitely sounds worse :/ @mondoman712 @tryptaminev
Tire rubber accounts for about 25-30% of all microplastic emmission on land. But we are talking about Q-tips and putting filters into washing machines, because the car lobby successfully stirred the discourse away from themselves.
@tryptaminev @mondoman712 How very true, not to mention the particulate air pollution which comes from vehicle tyres
@tryptaminev and that no matter what motor they carry 😬 #microplastic #tires https://phys.org/news/2022-11-unraveling-secrets-microplastics.html @mondoman712
It’s probably even worse with EV-s since they’re heavier than ICE cars of similar class/size.
@Shurimal urgh yes that definitely sounds worse :/ @mondoman712 @tryptaminev