cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20009882

Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed

Electric cars are not THE solution.

  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    We need flying hover cars. Imagine if we could get rid of all the cement and asphalt everywhere. Also no more traffic jams.

    A sci-fi nerd can dream.

    • saigot@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Great idea! So long as the current safety laws for aviation are followed. That would disqualify most people from flying and dramatically reduce the number of personal vehicles in use.

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      2 days ago

      The inherent problem of any car at all is that people should never personally need a personal vehicle worth thousands to tens of thousands of dollars to buy milk and eggs.

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        3 hours ago

        Just need room temp super magnets so that the cars can “float” at a particular level of the magnetosphere. Don’t worry Mlon Eusk is about five minutes away from personally cracking that physics problem and will be selling cars utilizing it for generational debt tomorrow./s

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      2 days ago

      Nah man, we need the tubes. Hop in a tube pod and ride the tubes to any destination.

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      We need a strict speed limit. 30mph should be enough for everybody.

      No chance this will ever happen though.

      • Halasham@dormi.zone
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        3 hours ago

        No chance Louis XVI would have given the people of France a decent standard of living either. Things change when enough people can no longer tolerate how they are or how they are going.