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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20009882

Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed

Electric cars are not THE solution.

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[–] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's not all. Apparently a chemical added to extend tire life (sort of good from an environmental standpoint) turns out to leach into water and kill fish, so...

[–] stepan@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago
[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's mentioned in the article actually

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pffft. Look at this noob. What is it, your first day on the Internet? Actually reading the articles instead of reading the title and assuming.

[–] Idontevenknowanymore@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had a fish named zagorath. Anyway what was your comment?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, my bad, thanks

[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yeah, in Germany there is already a lot of pressure on sewage network operators to get it out of the rainwater (we have many separate sewer systems). And that is honestly quite annoying. Put the pressure on the polluter (car/tire industry and car drivers), not the troubleshooter.

It is also a waste of money and space. The facilities to get it out are huge and expensive. This is also naturally paid for by the general public.

[–] Lysergid@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Problem is that there is no good mechanism to put pressure on polluter in this case because any additional cost will be paid by consumer. We need to develop transit, design cities and reform job market to the point where cars are just not competitive.

Bob and Alice will be riding car if nearest mall is 10 km away and you need 1,5h to get there by bus. They also will ride car if Bob can’t rely on tram schedules or Alice have to go to the office despite working in globally distributed IT business. We need systematic approach to the problem.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Put that cost pressure on then invest heavily into public transit that does not rely on tires. If you have high frequency service (at least every 20 minutes, ideally closer to 5) then relying on a tram schedule isnt really a big deal. If the tram has priority at intersections, it is much easier to stay on schedule.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 1 points 1 week ago

@FireRetardant @Lysergid If you want people to actually use PT for most trips, 20m frequency is woeful. 20m is okay if you only expect it to be an option for people lucky enough to have a direct service (so CBD commuters).

5~10m frequency at all times still means waiting 10~20m for a normal trip, as a normal trip will include 2~4 services.

Also the cost pressure before alternatives are viable is cruel to those who can't pay. And mostly not needed. A good PT will be used without the pressure.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

Virgin rubber on asphalt

Chad steel on steel

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I was unaware rubber products were considered micro plastics, I mean it makes sense, but for some reason I just never put that together

[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Tires haven't been made of rubber for a long time.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What if I told you the gum that you chew was also made from plastic.

[–] Halasham@dormi.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I'd be more surprised if you told me it wasn't. At this point, living in the American Dystopia, I expect anything obtainable to a Proletarian to be at least partially artificial and likely carcinogenic.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

You can still buy him made of chicle.

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

I mean I don't chew gum so... Nothing much?

[–] pkill@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It really makes you see how the petrochemical industry kills two birds with one stone here

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

Two birds and a fish

[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago
[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

But think of the EVs! /s

[–] uis@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago
[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At this point the better question is what isn't stored in the balls.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Oddly enough, pee.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (6 children)

We need flying hover cars. Imagine if we could get rid of all the cement and asphalt everywhere. Also no more traffic jams.

A sci-fi nerd can dream.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 10 points 1 week ago

The inherent problem of any car at all is that people should never personally need a personal vehicle worth thousands to tens of thousands of dollars to buy milk and eggs.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And only 1000x the energy usage!

[–] Halasham@dormi.zone 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And dramatically reducing crash survival rates.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

And even maybe creating a sort of car-Kessler syndrome.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

these will never be a thing. Noise

[–] Halasham@dormi.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Just need room temp super magnets so that the cars can "float" at a particular level of the magnetosphere. Don't worry Mlon Eusk is about five minutes away from personally cracking that physics problem and will be selling cars utilizing it for generational debt tomorrow./s

[–] luckystarr@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We need a strict speed limit. 30mph should be enough for everybody.

No chance this will ever happen though.

[–] Halasham@dormi.zone 1 points 1 week ago

No chance Louis XVI would have given the people of France a decent standard of living either. Things change when enough people can no longer tolerate how they are or how they are going.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nah man, we need the tubes. Hop in a tube pod and ride the tubes to any destination.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We can move the tubes more efficiently by making them large enough for many people, then chaining the various tub- hold up we invented trains again

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Do they at least look like crabs?

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Revolutionary!!

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Great idea! So long as the current safety laws for aviation are followed. That would disqualify most people from flying and dramatically reduce the number of personal vehicles in use.