Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics

Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by seanp2k2 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:34PM (#37728314)

Check out eg https://youtu.be/hmk5cxpAfcw where he’s flying by all the cars stuck in traffic on his human-powered peasant wheels.

Auto companies lobbied governments and put out propaganda to get cities to rip out street cars and rail in the early 1900s. They did this to sell more cars, so this is what we get.

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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by avalys on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:53PM (#37728526)

If you want to ban cars from New York City, that's fine with me. Do you realize that NYC makes up 0.008% of the land area in the United States?

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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by avalys on Sunday October 01, 2023 @02:37PM (#37729013)

Your young and fit rollerblade dude doesn’t seem to be carrying much in the way of groceries.

What about the mother of three with a disability? Should she push a cart to the grocery store?

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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by undersuit on Sunday October 01, 2023 @03:22PM (#37729537)

Why can't the majority of the people walk to a store and the rest can be serviced by a smaller truck?

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