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Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed (phys.org)
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Electric cars are not THE solution.

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[โ€“] grue 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days 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.