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Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds (www.thedrive.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

More reasons to prioritize public transit over individual car ownership.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

indeed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Take-away 1: Electric cars emit 20% more micro-plastics from tires than do ICE vehicles.

Take-away 2: Electric cars are not the solution to climate change. Whether it's a 2000lb ICE vehicle, or a 4000lb EV vehicle, it takes a lot of energy which has to come for somewhere, and a lot of material that will have to be mined, and then eventually disposed.