frankPodmore@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCar tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is neededtheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down129
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minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down6·1 day agoThis is also yet another reason SUVs are bad: bigger tyres, higher weight, more wear, more pollution. It’s also another reason to have lower speed limits: less friction, less wear, less pollution.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoI learned recently that speed limits are determined by studying the speeds driven and setting them at the 85th percentile. So what we can do to lower speed limits is to find a place they’re doing a traffic study and repeatedly drive over them at very low speeds.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·1 day agoYou want trains because they are good for the environment. I want trains because chugga chugga choo choo. We are not the same.
This is also yet another reason SUVs are bad: bigger tyres, higher weight, more wear, more pollution.
It’s also another reason to have lower speed limits: less friction, less wear, less pollution.
I learned recently that speed limits are determined by studying the speeds driven and setting them at the 85th percentile.
So what we can do to lower speed limits is to find a place they’re doing a traffic study and repeatedly drive over them at very low speeds.
You want trains because they are good for the environment.
I want trains because chugga chugga choo choo.
We are not the same.
Why not both?