https://www.earth.com/news/hidden-costs ... pollution/Comparative studies between popular electric and hybrid vehicles further underscore this concern. In March, Emissions Analytics released a study that compared the Tesla Model Y, the top-selling EV in the US, with the similarly-sized hybrid Kia Niro. The experts found that the Tesla produced 26 percent more tire emissions than the Kia.
Now this was spat out verbatim on news.com.au as if was a fait accompli, that EV's produced more emissions from the tires than ICE vehicles produced from the tailpipe due to required pollution reduction devices used on ICE vehicles. ICE vehicles of course also produce pollution from tires and larger ones are heavier and of course create more pollution, so vehicle size creep is a factor here, but one thing that was neglected on the news.com.au article was the simple fact that we don't, you know, have stuff like fucking catalytic convertors to reduce tailpipe emissions, thus rendering the entire argument utterly pointless for Australian consumption! What we have from ICE vehicles is tire pollution AND tailpipe pollution
Now lets consider other stuff, has anyone ever heard this complaint about tires in any media previous to EV's starting to become popular, and suddenly it's headline material? Clutching at straws for the win. Oh I don't disagree it's a problem, maybe lets do something about it, but it's not the huge EV killer it's being presented at. More other stuff, sure ICE vehicles may produce less pollution from the exhaust in countries that actually fucking have emissions controls and standards, Australia simply hasn't given a shit about that for a hundred years, but what about all the damage and pollution caused by digging up rare metal to make catalytic convertors? Why isn't that part of the equation, I mean they are keen to lambast EV technology for all the mining that's required for batteries!
Still more other stuff, what about all the tire pollution caused by having fucking huge petrol tankers running to every petrol station every day while the EV car sits at home charging? Surely that should be added on as part of the ICE car tire pollution problem and not just ignored as inconvenient? It's remarkable how ICE vehicle proponents can pick the the few things about EV's which could be twisted into anti-EV arguments while ignoring everything about ICE vehicles that make such arguments moot, if not verging on the silly. We can fix tires, we can't fix the problems caused by ICE industry because they are fucking HUGE!
