Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics
by notacoward on Sunday October 01, 2023 @12:55PM
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> the focus on EVs is a distraction.
Indeed.
> EVs tend to shed around 20 percent more
... for the same capacity. Isn't it funny how people focus on per-vehicle numbers for one segment? There are more oversized gas-burning pickups and SUVs than electric anything, plus millions of diesel-burning vehicles that are even heavier. But somehow those all get left out of most stories on this topic. Truly a strange coincidence, everyone forgetting the same thing all at once.
Indeed.
> EVs tend to shed around 20 percent more
... for the same capacity. Isn't it funny how people focus on per-vehicle numbers for one segment? There are more oversized gas-burning pickups and SUVs than electric anything, plus millions of diesel-burning vehicles that are even heavier. But somehow those all get left out of most stories on this topic. Truly a strange coincidence, everyone forgetting the same thing all at once.