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Two directly relevant health reasons: "'London throat': Toxic brake dust could cause condition, scientists say" [1] "Pollution from car tires is killing off s

Two directly relevant health reasons: "'London throat': Toxic brake dust could cause condition, scientists say" [1] "Pollution from car tires is killing off salmon on US west coast, study finds" [2] [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51049326 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51049326 [2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/03/coho-salmon-pollution-car-tires-die-off https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/03/coho-sal... Then secondary problems such as sedentary lifestyles and children unable to play on their street because of the dominance of cars (car numbers increased almost 3x in Ireland since 1990, when I was a kid). There are more reasons cars are bad for society and bad for the individual – loss of communities dues to freeways [3]; loss of sense of community due to people not walking around and meeting their neighbours [4]; a ticket price to society when a car is deemed a requirement just to work and shop [5]; the 1.35 million people who die in road traffic accidents each year [6]. [3] https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2020/07/28/advocates-rally-to-tear-down-highways-that-bulldozed-black-neighborhoods https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/sta... [4] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jul/16/cars-are-fuelling-our-isolation-from-strangers https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jul/16/cars-are-fue... [5] https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/03/21/florida-took-an-aggressive-approach-to-unemployment-fraud-was-it-worth-it/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/03/21/fl... [6] https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241565684 https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241565684

NoPicklez 5y ago
The reason I asked why electric included was because brakes within electric cars can operate very differently than that of combustion cars. Whereby the brake pads within electric vehicle almost do not need replacing for the life of the car. Vastly reducing the amount of brake dust that is given off the vehicle in comparison to combustion vehicles. The same way in which riding a bicycle produced brake dust but not in the same volumes are combustion cars. Car tires I completely agree however almost anything that rolls uses rubber and as such if we introduced more bicycles instead of cars we would also be polluting the streets with rubber. You could argue however that this is offset by the health benefits this would provide people rather than being sedentary in a car. With regards to communities I would argue that nothing is stopping people from walking around and meeting their neighbours. However, people can visit other communities or extend their community boundary using cars and railways etc. Therefore our sense of community isn't just those immediately, but those across town as well.
- kaba0 5y ago
  Based on another comment, tires shed off much more rubber the more weight is on them. So an electric car will use much more than a regular one, and a bicycle will use basically none compared to that.

NoPicklez 5y ago

The reason I asked why electric included was because brakes within electric cars can operate very differently than that of combustion cars. Whereby the brake pads within electric vehicle almost do not need replacing for the life of the car. Vastly reducing the amount of brake dust that is given off the vehicle in comparison to combustion vehicles. The same way in which riding a bicycle produced brake dust but not in the same volumes are combustion cars. Car tires I completely agree however almost anything that rolls uses rubber and as such if we introduced more bicycles instead of cars we would also be polluting the streets with rubber. You could argue however that this is offset by the health benefits this would provide people rather than being sedentary in a car. With regards to communities I would argue that nothing is stopping people from walking around and meeting their neighbours. However, people can visit other communities or extend their community boundary using cars and railways etc. Therefore our sense of community isn't just those immediately, but those across town as well.

kaba0 5y ago
Based on another comment, tires shed off much more rubber the more weight is on them. So an electric car will use much more than a regular one, and a bicycle will use basically none compared to that.