Consumers are not part of the problem. There is literally no action a consumer can take to ameliorate this situation because there are no tires produced that don't have this problem, and many consumers need to have a car to live.

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amanaplanacanal 7 months ago | parent [-]

Sure there is. Drive less, walk and take public transportation more. People can change their behavior if they are incentivized to do so.

And as others are pointing out, buy and drive smaller cars.

	▲	deprecative 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		Public transit doesn't exist for most folks (in the US), walking isn't feasible (for most in the US), and driving less is not feasible (in the US). The only options to buy smaller cars which means you're now at eye level with a giant truck that doesn't give a single fuck about anyone on the road. We need robust public transit and pedestrian focused infrastructure with samn multi-purpose zoning. None of these are happening in the next five years at least so it's on manufacturers to eat the cost which they won't do. This means we all get even more micro plastics in our testicles, ovaries, and/or brains.