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>>"Yeah a lot of particles come from the road/tyres," It seems some people is working on that too: "The Tyre Collective designed a simple device that collects

>>"Yeah a lot of particles come from the road/tyres," It seems some people is working on that too: "The Tyre Collective designed a simple device that collects microplastics as they fly off a car tire. As the group of designers explains it, their device helps on the path toward zero emissions by using electrostatic and airflow around the tire to capture the microplastics and other small particles that are shed over the lifetime of a tire." https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-car-tires-james-dyson-award--2647697441.html https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-car-tires-james-dyson...

traceroute66 5y ago
> The Tyre Collective designed a simple device that collects microplastics as they fly off a car tire That's hilarious. I'd be willing to place a bet there are 101 reasons why that sort of contraption will never be seen on the roads. Its one of those things that looks great on a designer's CAD, and perhaps "works" in a carefully controlled lab simulation. Regrettably its quite obvious its not going to work once you throw good old real life at it.
- kqr 5y ago
  Even if it does, it's only the second of a very, very long list of problems caused by the car default. In an old, run-down, rat- and cockroach-infested, water-damaged ramshackle house you can't just flush the toilet and then go, "There! Sparkling clean!"
kqr 5y ago
In my experience, when you have a large systematic problem, the economic/viable/working/good solution is rarely to zoom in on a particular (pun not intended) problem and solve that, hoping it'll be the last of the problems caused by the broken system. If the system is broken, the only economically sensible way to fix the problems is to change the system. Fundamentally. (In this case, the "broken system" refers to the idea that when we go to work, we have to bring two resting chairs, a couch, and a large coffer. And all of society should be shaped around this daily furniture transportation. Tire dirt is just the second of a very long list of problems caused by this idea.)
- lamontcg 5y ago
  > when we go to work This is the problem for most of us right here.

traceroute66 5y ago

> The Tyre Collective designed a simple device that collects microplastics as they fly off a car tire That's hilarious. I'd be willing to place a bet there are 101 reasons why that sort of contraption will never be seen on the roads. Its one of those things that looks great on a designer's CAD, and perhaps "works" in a carefully controlled lab simulation. Regrettably its quite obvious its not going to work once you throw good old real life at it.

kqr 5y ago
Even if it does, it's only the second of a very, very long list of problems caused by the car default. In an old, run-down, rat- and cockroach-infested, water-damaged ramshackle house you can't just flush the toilet and then go, "There! Sparkling clean!"

kqr 5y ago

In my experience, when you have a large systematic problem, the economic/viable/working/good solution is rarely to zoom in on a particular (pun not intended) problem and solve that, hoping it'll be the last of the problems caused by the broken system. If the system is broken, the only economically sensible way to fix the problems is to change the system. Fundamentally. (In this case, the "broken system" refers to the idea that when we go to work, we have to bring two resting chairs, a couch, and a large coffer. And all of society should be shaped around this daily furniture transportation. Tire dirt is just the second of a very long list of problems caused by this idea.)

lamontcg 5y ago
> when we go to work This is the problem for most of us right here.