Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tons of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food. Researchers in South China recently found tire-derived chemicals in most human urine samples.

Electric cars are not THE solution.

  • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    The solution is fewer and lighter vehicles. Everyone purchasing oversized EVs is the exact opposite of the solution.

    Mass Transit (trains and light rail) Pushbikes, e-bikes, Subcompact, and micro/Kei cars are the answer.

      • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
        01·
        2 years ago

        Polluting, inefficient, unsafe, noisy.

        If you go to South East Asian countries where the main form of transport is post WW2 motorbikes, you will notice that they aren’t the safest or most comfortable places to live.

        If you have a western budget, however, you can transcend the day-to-day hazards and live in a resort for a pittance.