The tire company wants a completely sustainable tire by 2050.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/15239783

I feel this is a bit disingenuous. Especially as Michelin are working on airless tires. We all know that tires as we know them have planned obsolescence as a fundamental part of their design. They’re already a blight on our environment, the only good thing to do now is to ensure that as few new tires are needed as possible, not for them to be green washed.

  • @over_cloxEnglish
    2•5 months ago

    I’ll say this much about their airless tires…

    If they start mass producing them, with open sidewalls as they’ve demonstrated, then there will end up groups of hooligans out there tossing rocks inside the rubber ‘spokes’ to throw it off balance.

    Whether out of protest or just out of chaotic malice, it’ll happen. And that’s not even counting road debris getting in there to throw it off balance.

    Disclaimer: I am not a hooligan, nor would I ever consider doing such a thing, but think towards the stick in the spokes meme…

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      In another thread, someone was saying they’re in use on a bunch of building sites and are performing without issue, so I suspect it’s not as much of a concern as we suspect.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•5 months ago

        Construction sites aren’t usually operating at high speed. Trying to bust through the plow line on a winter day and getting the tires packed with snow will have the car doing the humpy-hump down the highway.