Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germany for the first time: Around 4% of the particulate matter consists of plastic. Around two-thirds of this comes from tire abrasion.
  • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
    29·
    2 days ago

    We need to get cars out of cities. A blanket ban. Only emergency vehicles, and maybe small trucks for deliveries, and cars for people with disabilities. That’s it.

    Imagine how beautiful, safe, silent our cities would be.

    • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      2 days ago

      Sort out public transport, make it very attractive, even free. Charge for cars, parking, etc, with suspension for needs like disability, hospital appointments, that kind of thing.

      • FackCurs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        The political capital required for such an agenda is immense.

        I don’t think you realize the level of Stockholm syndrome created by cars. When you spend more than 50k on a car, of course you don’t want the government to ban it or make it harder for you to justify your purchase.

    • Danquebec@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I’d allow:

      • emergency vehicules
      • trucks of any size for deliveries (depending on the road of course)
      • vehicules for professional needs (eg. a manual worker who works in many places ans needs to carry his equipment)
      • cars for people with disabilities (while still offering special transport, and making the general public transport as accessible as possible)