[net.auto] Where do all the tires go?

root (11/23/82)

I just bought a set of tires.  The tread was gone.  Thus the
dumb question ...

Where does all the rubber that gets worn off the tires go?

There must be a lot of it lost each year.

				...WIN!burl!lda

ignatz (12/02/82)

	Concerning the plaintive cry, "Where do all the tires go?"
In the air.  It seems that a major source of particulate air pollution is
the microscopic rubber that results from tires on pavement....

			*hack* *koff*,
				Dave Ihnat
				ihuxx!ignatz

kos (12/04/82)

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uiucdcs!kos    Dec  3 17:23:00 1982

I remember reading, a couple of years ago, something about this.  It
appears that there is a sort of bacteria which thrives around highways
and city streets.  It feeds on - you guessed it - tire rubber!  Sounds
like some kind of strange SF story, but it's apparently true.