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[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago (6 children)

would this apply to bycicle tyres as well? also, why is it spelled that way?

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Guess science has given up on maglev

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 5 days ago

I mean just steel on steel solves this too

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This makes people that harass people with vehicle drive-bys and creepy vehicle stalking just that much more destructive and shite evil.

They might as well go exploit a child to poison a puppy dog like my neighbor the state patrol trooper did.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

what's the percentage comparison to microplastics that are released by the floating plastic island in the middle of the Atlantic?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I can't imagine much microplatics are getting chipped off of them. The tires have thousands of pounds of pressure being put on small surface areas when you round corners, where as a plastic bottleneck can dolphin into the water if hit by a large wave and not nearly as much friction placed on it.

How I imagine it

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[–] Lun0tic@lemmy.world -5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Tires also used to last longer. They are designed to wear out faster now.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 days ago

Planned obsolescence

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