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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu -5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (14 children)

As long as both use tires that contribute 45% of the world's microplastics, this is focusing on the wrong issue

https://theconversation.com/one-of-the-biggest-microplastic-pollution-sources-isnt-straws-or-grocery-bags-its-your-tires-259440

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c05002

So I say, let's not get distracted

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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 11 hours ago (9 children)

I keep hearing this and the opposite

What about different battery types? Those with/without kobolt for example

Also manufacuring might be done differently in different places.. wonder how much pollution renaults batteries do (made in france) compared to those made in asia

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