Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics

Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by kylebenzle on Sunday October 01, 2023 @07:37PM (#37732118)

One is a closed system, the other is dumping NEW carbon into the air. The simple accounting is:

Plant a seed that grows to a dry weight of 1 lb. That is basically 1 lb of carbon.

Turn that into 0.5 lb of rubber. Grind that rubber back down to carbon and we are back to where we started minus the waste.

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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by throwaway892238 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:59PM (#37733112)

Is the problem "net carbon", or is it "hey there is 100nm carbon particles entering my brain from my lungs" ? I feel like it's the latter ? And I'm not sure how natural rubber is gonna stop that ?

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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by creer on Sunday October 01, 2023 @11:44PM (#37733729)

I thought you were trying to address dust?

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