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> How would you go about dealing with tire dust pollution in a sensible way that doesn't destroy the global economy? Just thinking off the top of my head, but
by tivert 2y ago
> How would you go about dealing with tire dust pollution in a sensible way that doesn't destroy the global economy?
Just thinking off the top of my head, but build out rail infrastructure to decrease long-distance truck transport and replace it with rail freight? Trains have metal wheels, so no tire dust.
For some of the other stuff, I'd really like to see durability/repairability prioritized over lowest initial purchase cost, as well as disposability be greatly discouraged (at least when it comes to plastic). My intuition is that could also lead to a lower TCO for a lot of products.
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agoThey have metal dust from the outer rims, made of softer metals. They also have brake pads, which are (experimentally for now in some regions, mandatory in others) being exchanged with plastics, because less noise. https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/238333-quieter-safer-and-greener-freight-transport https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/238333-quieter-safer-and... https://www.projectfutura.com/ https://www.projectfutura.com/ https://nachhaltigkeit.deutschebahn.com/en/measures/whisperbrake https://nachhaltigkeit.deutschebahn.com/en/measures/whisperb... https://www.bund-naturschutz.de/wirtschaft-umwelt/leise-gueterzuege https://www.bund-naturschutz.de/wirtschaft-umwelt/leise-guet... http://www.gegen-bahnlaerm.de/flusterbremsen/ http://www.gegen-bahnlaerm.de/flusterbremsen/ https://nachhaltigkeit.deutschebahn.com/de/dialog/veroeffentlichungen/laermschutzbericht2019/gueterwagen https://nachhaltigkeit.deutschebahn.com/de/dialog/veroeffent... I hear train engineers are not that fond of them, because they brake like shit, depending on the downgrade (because heating, rapidly changing braking characteristics), and weather. It's one last drop bursting the barrel, for some I personally know to go into early retirement, amongst all the other shit happening within DB-Cargo/Schenker/whatever they wanna be called at the day. Pick your poison…
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- euroderf 2y agoRail freight paired with autonomous last-mile(s) robo-delivery ? If the bots are small enough, their tires contribute effectively zilch, yes ? Because tire wear is an exponential power of load ? "Small" loads would be luggage, boxes (up to white goods), bodega resupply, single large pieces of furniture, cases of beer.