Comments on: 190 Million Tires Thrown Away Each Year: Where’s The Rubberized Asphalt Concrete (RAC)?

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:09:32 +0000

A New Source of Green Energy: Burning Tires?

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/new-source-of-green-energy-burning-tires/?searchterm=tire%20energy

(or.. if thats too long)

By: rob

rob — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:39:55 +0000

alright the aprt where you talk about the politicians picking the companies, well its not really always like that. here in mass at least, theres a government job, then they see which company will do it the cheapest, then they do it. the construction companies then pick material companies to buy asphalt, concrete, granite curbing, etc from. they pick peopel that are cheap and they like to work with. its not some politician picking whoever gives them the most money. thats absurd.

By: filey

filey — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:52:31 +0000

Make super-safe condoms!, a condom several inches thick will cut the teenage birthrate!

By: yo

yo — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:13:34 +0000

THEY CAN BE CUT INTO SMALL PIECES AND USED ON RACETRACKS FOR HORSES.sorry caps. i read somewhere where it was better for the horses.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:42:36 +0000

It’s not so much lobbying as the “low-bid” attitude.

There is political incentive to pick the cheapest solution, and if it craps out after you’re out of office, it doesn’t matter.

The low-bid philosophy for projects leads to the miserable deficit of real architecture in North America, and the lack of implementation on slightly-better but slightly-more-expensive alternatives like this.

By: Tesseracter

Tesseracter — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:35:39 +0000

chop them up, make a water & tire soup, compress it and heat it, turns back into oil. drive your car less, properly inflate your tires, get tires with longer tread life to reduce the causes of all these tires.

Brian’s suggestions are fine, but are not sustainable. you’re gutta run out of retaining walls, boats, and children to use swings before you run out of tires.

By: flingcom

flingcom — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:11:32 +0000

Hope they figure out a better way to put these used rubber to use.

By: flingcom

flingcom — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:56:14 +0000

Truly an eye opener. Makes you think as to where exactly are we all heading to. With thousands of cars hitting the roads every single day I guess this was bound to happen.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:25:33 +0000

What are some other uses for old tires?

Build a tire swing.
Build a retaining wall.
Use them as bumpers on your boat.

By: Eco Buying » Why Aren’t More Roads Made of Rubberized Asphalt Concrete?

Eco Buying » Why Aren’t More Roads Made of Rubberized Asphalt Concrete? — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:01:31 +0000

[...] 240 million tires are thrown out every year in the U.S., and where do they go? According to RideLust, fewer than 7 percent get recycled, 5 percent are exported to other countries, 11 percent are [...]