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As an asthmatic I'm looking forward to a drastic reduction in the pollution in our cities. We still need to move to car free cities at the same time though.
by stuaxo 7y ago
As an asthmatic I'm looking forward to a drastic reduction in the pollution in our cities.
We still need to move to car free cities at the same time though.
- PeterStuer 7y agoI agree with you that the very idea that it is somehow acceptable to have an 'exhaust' on a car that just belches out toxins is just as crazy as dumping your nightpot out the top floor window into the middle of the street. There was also a time in which that was deemed 'normal'. That said, a very large part of small particle dust produced by cars comes from wear, especially brakes, tires, road surface and crushed stuff by the weight of the car driving over. If there is a significant uptick in traffic, electric will be better than the equivalent traffic if it were all diesel, but the aggregate amount of micro dust might still go up compared to today's volume.
- mcot2 7y agoAgain, technology is not static. There are lots of folks working on the brake dust and tire wear issue. You should be happy to know that regenerative breaking on BEVs results in a lot less brake dust, although currently more tire wear due to more initial torque.