• AliasAKA@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    If only there was a highly efficient mode of transporting people that didn’t use tires. Ah well, nothing can be done I guess.

      • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
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        25 days ago

        I imagine it’s still orders of magnitudes better than everyone driving their own car in.

        Same with busses. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good

    • Scrollone@feddit.it
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      26 days ago

      Yes, imagine if there was a fast and safe way of transport. Something like made to run on steel bars in order to reduce friction. I don’t know. I’m just imagining, I watch too much science fiction.

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      26 days ago

      To be fair, the most efficient mode of transportation is cycling by far. I wonder if bike tires also contribute to this.

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          26 days ago

          The wear rate should be proportional to the weight of the system (car plus cargo and passsengers, bike plus cargo and riders), maybe with some correction factors for things that affect wear rate like knobbiness.

          Since bikes weigh a couple orders of magnitude less on average, the amount of tire wear material should also be a couple orders of magnitude less.

          Edit: other lemmyer said wear is proportional to weight to the 4th power and that may be correct. I vaguely recall that from school now that they mentioned it.