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Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed (phys.org)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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Electric cars are not THE solution.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Tires are a part of life. We can make small changes until we improve public transport infrastructure across the world or we can continue as we have done and drive this planet to extinction.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Tires are not "a part of life!" Humanity did just fine without them until not much more than a century ago, despite not having much public transit back then, either.

    You know what the real difference, and the real solution today is? Walkable, dense zoning.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I would love to force everyone to walk their kids to school, but things are fucked. Sadly it takes a while to teach us to unlearn things. Even iny borough in London, they're dragging their heels on licensing ebikes and that hurts everyone.

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