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For tires, is anyone working on biodegradable or otherwise eco-friendly tire materials? Something that is biocompatible. Although you don't want tires breaking
by HPsquared 4y ago
For tires, is anyone working on biodegradable or otherwise eco-friendly tire materials? Something that is biocompatible. Although you don't want tires breaking down and causing accidents... Tires have a lot of conflicting design requirements.
- mandmandam 4y agoBio tires would be great, but the more immediate, easy and efficient solution is public transport investment to reduce car use.
- LarryMullins 4y agoTires made with natural rubber are nothing new, that's the way all tires used to be made. And I doubt it's any better for the environment, from either a microplastics perspective or a deforestation perspective.
- hinkley 4y agoMichelin had a tire formula a few years ago that was augmented with natural hydrocarbons. They claimed that it gave the tire better performance at 50% tread wear as well. But I found out recently they don’t sell the model I bought anymore so I’m not sure if the expectations matched the projections or what happened.