▲ 230 ▼ A cool guide to the carbon footprint of major travel methods (i.redd.it) submitted 2 years ago by partybot@lemmy.ca [B] to c/coolguides@lemmy.ca 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments Author: /u/eyeballs20 Link Shared on Reddit Original Reddit Comments
[–] Risus_Nex@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) There is also tyre wear particles to be considered! /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I understand your /s, but I find the metrics interesting regardless of why they were created. I'd be interested in my ebike's impact. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Risus_Nex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This is in German and looks at Germany only. The comparison from page 10 on is very interesting. They look at microplastic emissions. Spoiler: shoes (109) have higher emission than bikes (15,6). Wind Turbines have even less (0,02). I'm mentioning that, because some people here seem to think, that wind turbines are bad for the environment because they have abrasion... https://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/umsicht/de/dokumente/publikationen/2018/kunststoffe-id-umwelt-konsortialstudie-mikroplastik.pdf permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I understand your /s, but I find the metrics interesting regardless of why they were created. I'd be interested in my ebike's impact. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Risus_Nex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This is in German and looks at Germany only. The comparison from page 10 on is very interesting. They look at microplastic emissions. Spoiler: shoes (109) have higher emission than bikes (15,6). Wind Turbines have even less (0,02). I'm mentioning that, because some people here seem to think, that wind turbines are bad for the environment because they have abrasion... https://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/umsicht/de/dokumente/publikationen/2018/kunststoffe-id-umwelt-konsortialstudie-mikroplastik.pdf permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Risus_Nex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This is in German and looks at Germany only. The comparison from page 10 on is very interesting. They look at microplastic emissions. Spoiler: shoes (109) have higher emission than bikes (15,6). Wind Turbines have even less (0,02). I'm mentioning that, because some people here seem to think, that wind turbines are bad for the environment because they have abrasion... https://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/umsicht/de/dokumente/publikationen/2018/kunststoffe-id-umwelt-konsortialstudie-mikroplastik.pdf permalink fedilink source parent