Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics
Recent studies have shown tire emissions to be a larger threat to global health than anyone realized—and EVs could make the problem worse.
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This is why I'm anti bike in addition to being anti car. You have two legs, that is all you ever need. If it's too far for you to walk then it's not worth going.
Are you also anti-shoe? I imagine all rubberized treads would do this to some degree. My guess is that temperature and speed matter.
I guess you could use clogs or geta or something.
Wait you guys are still wearing synthetic shoes?
The forces on car tires are much greater than on bike tires because cars are much heavier and go faster.
Look at the thickness and width of a car tire vs a bike tire and you'll be able to see how much more material is worn off into the environment during the life of the tire. It's magnitudes worse in the car and people are absolutely doing the environment a favour switching to alternative transport.
Yeah but then our oceans would be filled with sneaker dust instead of tire death and we’d be right back to square one!
One word: plant-based moccasins
Maybe we can get plant based tires
Latex rubber?
That's like two and a half words but ok
My ENT office/Surgical center is across town. Are you suggesting that I walk for three hours with a sinus infection to an upcoming surgical appointment? And then walk home afterwards?
No, you have a medical need. But others do not.
Whew! Good news for me! What about other people with medical conditions though? Or… say… the handicapped? Would you suggest wheelchair-bound people just wheel their way across town?
Make wheels that aren't plastic. I have no problem with natural rubber tires.