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Originally Posted by whj469
And please don't forget the environment! Manufacturing tires is a very dirty business and it would cost a lot more in the US then some third world country. Have you ever seen the people wearing masks in China?
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What's so dirty about manufacturing tires? The mixing process for "rubber" doesn't create clouds of dust. Only need for burning fuel is to generate steam to heat the molds.
Perhaps you are confused with the re-treading process where the buffing of the carcass creates some smoke and rubber crumb. Both of which are dealt with using filters on the exhaust system in the plant.
Tires themselves present a disposal problem as the chemicals used to create the "rubber" are environmentally unfriendly and an old tire dumped in a swamp, etc, will remain there for a lifetime.
The problems aren't at the manufacturing end as much as during the life and disposal when worn out.
As for people in China wearing masks, they do so because the big cities in China have air so thick with pollutants you can chew it. They burn a lot of coal and the coal they have available is the nastiest that exists.
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