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> 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 ar
by 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 agoEven 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!"