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Re:Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the envi... by RobinL on Friday November 29, 2024 @01:56AM (#42271544)
It's actually a fourth power law, not a linear relationship. So trucks are polynomially more damaging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law
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Re:Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the envi... by tonyedgecombe on Friday November 29, 2024 @03:51AM (#42272262)
I wonder if that applies to the amount of material the tyres shed as well.
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Re:Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the envi... by hinkley on Friday November 29, 2024 @04:55AM (#42272665)
Well they have more tires than four vehicles do.
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Re:Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the envi... by villmann on Thursday December 05, 2024 @09:06AM (#42328340)
> Well they have more tires than four vehicles do. Actually, four vehicles would have more tyres in total (:
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