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.
  • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    7 months ago

    deep-nesting

    The transition is not going to happen overnight for all suburban dwellers

    so what you’re saying is

    there are a lot of people living in the pits of suburban sprawl who cannot electively stop using cars tomorrow

    ?

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      Not as a whole all at once, but that’s not a reason against beginning the desertion of the suburbs.

      I don’t pretend that everybody can stop being in debt all at once either, but I help people reduce their debt anyway.

      If we only did things when we felt like we’d have a wave of acceptance powering us, we’d never make any progress.