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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Who ever said electric cars were the solution?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Helping one problem and not helping them all means it's better to do nothing according to a lot of people. If you are anti cars that's one thing, but to specifically aim it at EVs is clearly just targeted propaganda as always.

Yes we put 100 years of research into gas powered cars, 15 years of research (or less by most companies) and the weight isn't the same yet so they want to toss all advantages of moving to them.

Look at things like the Telos Truck. 4,400 pounds, 4 doors, small and can fit a 8'x4' sheet of plywood if needed in the bed.

Length of a mini Cooper, so it fits in smaller parking spots, weighs less than the average ICE truck, costs less than the average ICE truck and will have less impact on tires people worry about here, while not shipping oil across oceans and causing cancer to the people in the vicinity.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

A lot of people think that. The solution to car pollution is less cars and more forms of transport. It's trains. I like trains.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Binary view is a poor one. EVs have a lot of benefits and also some drawbacks. As everything in the world, they are not perfect. The trick is that they have much more benefits than drawbacks.