Adding easy-to-break molecular connectors surprisingly makes materials harder to tear and could one day reduce microplastic pollution from car tires.
We’re going to need to do something as heavier electric vehicles become the norm. It’s actually kind of insane how many microplastica come from vehicle tires.
100%. Most people don’t realize that the pollution from tires is WAYY worse than the particles emitted from exhaust for most vehicles. EVs won’t solve this pollution problem. In fact, they may make it worse since they tend to have higher low speed torque that shreds tires even worse…
My first (semi-comedic) response: oh good, I can cry over rubberized stuff now.
Seriously though, this will be great. Better tires and better roads cut down on the support costs for trucking, which means shipping gets cheaper. That translates into better access to goods and services for everyone.
