• Taco2112@lemmy.world
    7·
    6 days ago

    That’s because brakes are made from asbestos and every time you hit the break, they wear down. I work on old buildings and people always comment about working around asbestos but the people standing on street corners are exposed to far more than I am on a day to day basis.

    • MacEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      Brake pads havent been made from asbestos for almost half a century.

      Is what i was going to comment until i learned that complete bans were never enacted so imported brake pads can still contain asbestos.

      None of mine do, anyway.

  • antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    3·
    6 days ago

    Tires are bad too, polluting waterways with Zinc and a hundred other chemicals, like 6PPD. At least EVs and hybrids brake a lot less, but that still leaves more tire dust from the extra weight.

    • duhhhh9@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      especially what? the regenerative breaking reduces brake pad wear greatly, and doesn’t shred/spit out the same material

      • TheSchatz@lemm.eeEnglish
        12·
        6 days ago

        I could be wrong, but I read that as a joke about EVs not having any exhaust.

      • Hirom@beehaw.org
        5·
        6 days ago

        EVs have very little exhaust coming out of their tailpipe. Which is one of the reasons why those are better than fossil powered charriots.

        So tires being a larger source of pollution than exhaust, in relative terms, is especially true for EVs.

        You make a good point, regenerative braking is probably reducing pollution in absolute terms.