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A set of tires will shed about 30 pounds of rubber pasted onto the roadway over their lives. A typical gas exhaust will produce 18 metric tons of CO2 over the s
by uberman 4y ago
A set of tires will shed about 30 pounds of rubber pasted onto the roadway over their lives. A typical gas exhaust will produce 18 metric tons of CO2 over the same distance.
This comparison is a huge distraction. One might as well complain that tires produce infinitely more steel belted waste as compared to exhaust.
- version_five 4y agoC02 has some impact / ton that is different than the impact / ton of rubber particles. The fact that cars produce different numbers of the two is in itself meaningless.