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Research from emissions analysts reveals car tyre particulates, through road wear produces more harmful toxic particulates than from exhausts.
2000 times worse
So if Uk had 32 million electric cars instead of currently 32 million petrol and diesel ones, the tyres will still produce the equivalent pollution of 64 billion cars (that’s just the UK)
Globally there are one billion cars, scaling up that wound be equivalent pollution of 2 trillion vehicles.
What does this say for the rush to go green, electric vehicles etc. |
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Research from emissions analysts reveals car tyre particulates, through road wear produces more harmful toxic particulates than from exhausts.
2000 times worse
So if Uk had 32 million electric cars instead of currently 32 million petrol and diesel ones, the tyres will still produce the equivalent pollution of 64 billion cars (that’s just the UK)
Globally there are one billion cars, scaling up that wound be equivalent pollution of 2 trillion vehicles.
What does this say for the rush to go green, electric vehicles etc. "
Where is this research from please?
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Research from emissions analysts reveals car tyre particulates, through road wear produces more harmful toxic particulates than from exhausts.
2000 times worse
So if Uk had 32 million electric cars instead of currently 32 million petrol and diesel ones, the tyres will still produce the equivalent pollution of 64 billion cars (that’s just the UK)
Globally there are one billion cars, scaling up that wound be equivalent pollution of 2 trillion vehicles.
What does this say for the rush to go green, electric vehicles etc. "
I didn’t realise conventional cars didn’t use tyres lol.
Maybe a second study needs to be undertaken. |
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Research from emissions analysts reveals car tyre particulates, through road wear produces more harmful toxic particulates than from exhausts.
2000 times worse
So if Uk had 32 million electric cars instead of currently 32 million petrol and diesel ones, the tyres will still produce the equivalent pollution of 64 billion cars (that’s just the UK)
Globally there are one billion cars, scaling up that wound be equivalent pollution of 2 trillion vehicles.
What does this say for the rush to go green, electric vehicles etc.
I didn’t realise conventional cars didn’t use tyres lol.
Maybe a second study needs to be undertaken."
He never said they don't use tyres  |
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So basically, replace all ICE vehicles with Electric and you still get roughly the same particulates emissions from the tires.
You do however eliminate all of the exhaust emissions still, so overall there is a reduction in emissions |
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"So basically, replace all ICE vehicles with Electric and you still get roughly the same particulates emissions from the tires.
You do however eliminate all of the exhaust emissions still, so overall there is a reduction in emissions "
Is that correct when all the factors to produce electric vehicles are taken into account
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"So basically, replace all ICE vehicles with Electric and you still get roughly the same particulates emissions from the tires.
You do however eliminate all of the exhaust emissions still, so overall there is a reduction in emissions "
1/2000th less |
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"So basically, replace all ICE vehicles with Electric and you still get roughly the same particulates emissions from the tires.
You do however eliminate all of the exhaust emissions still, so overall there is a reduction in emissions
Is that correct when all the factors to produce electric vehicles are taken into account
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Yes… because when people start to make comparisons with how much pollution is created in making electric cars and producing electricity, they always conveniently forget to include the pollution created from MAKING petrol and diesel to fuel ICE cars…
It takes massive amounts of energy and emissions just to get Petrol and Diesel in the first place, and that’s before you burn it in an engine
I should know, Oil refining is my job |
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"So basically, replace all ICE vehicles with Electric and you still get roughly the same particulates emissions from the tires.
You do however eliminate all of the exhaust emissions still, so overall there is a reduction in emissions
1/2000th less "
Just looked the study up, it actually says “potentially up to 1000 times more” not 2000
It also states that Non Exhaust Emissions (NEEs) are currently believed to constitute the majority of primary particulate matter from road transport, 60 percent of PM2.5 and 73 percent of PM10 …. So replacing ICE cars would mean a 40% and 27% reduction respectively
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"So basically, replace all ICE vehicles with Electric and you still get roughly the same particulates emissions from the tires.
You do however eliminate all of the exhaust emissions still, so overall there is a reduction in emissions
1/2000th less
Just looked the study up, it actually says “potentially up to 1000 times more” not 2000
It also states that Non Exhaust Emissions (NEEs) are currently believed to constitute the majority of primary particulate matter from road transport, 60 percent of PM2.5 and 73 percent of PM10 …. So replacing ICE cars would mean a 40% and 27% reduction respectively
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2000 is the printed headline
Did you read the methodology, analysis and data collection |
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I came up with the perfect cure for the environment but the big heads wont use it
Use all the waste plastics and melt it down for roads afterall it lives forever and they dont need to pay for roadworks every other street |
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"So basically, replace all ICE vehicles with Electric and you still get roughly the same particulates emissions from the tires.
You do however eliminate all of the exhaust emissions still, so overall there is a reduction in emissions
Is that correct when all the factors to produce electric vehicles are taken into account
Yes… because when people start to make comparisons with how much pollution is created in making electric cars and producing electricity, they always conveniently forget to include the pollution created from MAKING petrol and diesel to fuel ICE cars…
It takes massive amounts of energy and emissions just to get Petrol and Diesel in the first place, and that’s before you burn it in an engine
I should know, Oil refining is my job "
Aren't you forgetting the damage to the planet in making batteries for electric cars?
And what about how the electricity is made to power electric cars?
I worked for a vehicle manufacturer and it was proved that when these are taken into consideration, an electric car has to do 55000 miles before it is any 'cleaner' than a diesel equivalent. |
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And what about how the electricity is made to power electric cars?
I worked for a vehicle manufacturer and it was proved that when these are taken into consideration, an electric car has to do 55000 miles before it is any 'cleaner' than a diesel equivalent. "
Interesting, so if average uk mileage is 9,000 a year (VOSA)
It takes 6 years at least then for EV to be environmentally beneficial. |
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And what about how the electricity is made to power electric cars?
I worked for a vehicle manufacturer and it was proved that when these are taken into consideration, an electric car has to do 55000 miles before it is any 'cleaner' than a diesel equivalent.
Interesting, so if average uk mileage is 9,000 a year (VOSA)
It takes 6 years at least then for EV to be environmentally beneficial. "
Yeah, and all the people who do 5000 miles a year in their electric car thinking they are saving the planet..... |
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