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hooloovoo_zoo 17 hours ago

I’d be much more interested in particulate pollution limits for tires.

lukeify 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How much of this is a solvable problem, insofar to the best of my knowledge there is no fundamental workaround for the fact placing heavy objects moving fast on rough surfaces generates friction which leads to the erosion of surfaces?

I think particulate pollution would be an acceptable outcome if the tires themselves were biodegradable over 10+ years. But to my understanding the vulcanisation process that's employed makes it impossible.

Drunk_Engineer 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This company is working on a pollution capture device:

https://thetyrecollective.com

hamdingers 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> insofar to the best of my knowledge there is no fundamental workaround

May I introduce you to the steel wheel rolling on a steel rail?

whatevaa 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Yup, make a rail to everybodys home instead, that will solve it.

cityofdelusion 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not frictionless, so it will also slowly degrade over time. It just has so much mass built-in that it’s not obvious.

hamdingers 2 hours ago | parent [-]

But, critically to the conversation we're having, does not produce harmful particulates when it does so.

Gabrys1 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is measurable and actionable. Some tires pollute more, some less

Schiendelman 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The real changes are to make them less toxic! There are a bunch of approaches to take there.

MBCook 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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