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Topics => Science, Technology, & Medicine => Topic started by: Pandora on January 12, 2023, 09:01:33 PM
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Goodyear's Sustainable Tire Is Made with Rice, Soy, and Pine (https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42444419/goodyear-sustainable-tire/)
... The new tire, which has passed all regulatory and internal tests for road use, makes use of sustainable products such as soybean oil, rice husks, and pine resin in place of standard compounds.
Goodyear still needs to figure out scaling measures before bringing the demonstration tire to market, but the company plans to first bring a 70 percent sustainable material tire to market this year.
... Produced with 90 percent sustainable materials, the demonstration tire has already passed all regulatory and internal tests needed for road use. Of course, passing regulatory tests means nothing in terms of tire performance, as plenty of terrible tires are approved for road use. But we do know the demonstration tire excels in at least one measure: rolling resistance. Goodyear claims its sustainable tire rolls more easily than that of a comparison tire with traditional materials.
Wonder how fast it degrades. So .... we'll see.
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Meh, I'll pass...
I don't even care for their traditional tire offerings...and include Michelin (overpriced), Firestone, Bridgestone, Dunlap, Pirelli, Cooper, Continental, General...and people may find some acceptable ones among them but I am not one...I've had fuller sized cars and small SUVs and have had much better experience with Goodrich, Toyo and Yokohama...but this is just my experience...
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I’m just gonna go out on a limb (not) and say that this is guaranteed to be more expensive, less efficient, and worse performing than plain old rubber tires. “Green” anything; “sustainable” anything… means it’s not as good, and costs way more.