News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by marcosdumay on Saturday February 15, 2025 @11:25AM (#43059722)
The exhaust used to be really nasty until just a little while ago. Nobody was focusing on the less harmful emissions.

Now we mostly fixed it, so it's time to look at the other stuff.

Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by nayuki on Saturday February 15, 2025 @11:33AM (#43059794)
> The exhaust used to be really nasty

Specifically: Leaded gasoline (with tetraethyllead), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), carbon monoxide (CO), unburned hydrocarbons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_oxide , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOx

Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by marcosdumay on Saturday February 15, 2025 @11:46AM (#43059906)
Don't forget about the solid particles.
Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by homebrewer on Saturday February 15, 2025 @12:32PM (#43060331)
> Now we mostly fixed it

Only in developed countries. The age of a typical car in my region is over 15 years. Basically, most of what you bought in 2005-2010, drove for a decade or more, and then sold for scrap eventually ends up in countries like mine. Moreover, most people take catalytic converters off their cars and sell them for $80-100 for platinum recycling.

I think most "developing" countries have the same problem. So the world at large hasn't really solved it and won't solve it any time soon.

Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by tomcam on Saturday February 15, 2025 @01:05PM (#43060609)
None of my business but I’d love to know why your English is so good. Mind saying what region or country you live in?