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Tire wear and tear revealed as a major contributor to waterway pollution

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Tire wear and tear revealed as a major contributor to waterway pollution

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@[email protected] to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected] • 2 years ago
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Australian researchers have found that tire wear and tear is a major contributor to urban waterway pollution, producing particulate matter that includes microplastics. But, they also found that there are effective ways of reducing this type of pollution, which can affect the health of the…

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c03949

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    You got that backwards. Suburbia and car dependency are already aggressively subsidized.

    https://medium.com/by-the-bay/subsidizing-suburbia-2c3b66f88d4c

    https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/4/16/when-apartment-dwellers-subsidize-suburban-homeowners

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      You’re missing the point. Infrastructure costs money.

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        And cars require far more infrastructure than any other option…

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          Already paid for.

          Again I can’t tell if you simply don’t get it or are intentionally obtuse in bad faith.

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            And currently needs trillions of dollars of maintenance.

            If anyone is arguing in bad faith, it’s you

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              The highways are already there. They don’t need to be created. What are u talking about. U don’t understand what bad faith means obviously…lol

              Yes they need to be maintained. Everything does.

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