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On 11/9/2012 11:11 AM, Frances and David wrote:

> I'm thinking of an idea that maybe somebody could invent a way to
> incorporate used tires in roads and highways? Seems like a fitting end for
> them.
> And that reminds me of an image I caught somewhere of a roadway that
> transforms the vehicular action on its surface into energy.
> That would be another huge plus...
> Just thinking. Of course, wouldn't want to see a use of the tires that
> created awful fumes of any kind, but roads and highways have already
> devastated an area, I figure, so might be a fitting place for them to land?

Already, tire particles left on roads that get carried away in storm 
runoff into the environment, roadsides, adjoining agricultural fields.
All the toxic elements in these particles of rubber decomposing and 
leaching into rainwater and then straight into ditches, fields, streams, 
rivers, the ocean. Another negative aspect of storm runoff from out 
highway system; all the toxic metals and chemical compounds mentioned by 
Scott and by the excellent article quoted in a previous post. I never 
knew until now that decomposing tires represented such a risk to the 
environment.