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		sva_ on May 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge I've been living on a busy street for the first time and the amount of fine dust from car exhausts is absolutely staggering. Never again.

nine_k on May 6, 2023 [–]

I think it's mostly not exhaust but the dust from the road top layer and from tires. Electric drive helps little with that.

bombcar on May 6, 2023 | [–]

Brake dust, too. You find it all over things near completely electric rail lines, which have no gas or tires.

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