Car Tires Made from Orange Peel Oil
The problem with tires isn’t just that they’re a huge waste material, collecting by the thousands in huge piles all over the world. It’s also that they’re made from petroleum. A new tire by Yokohama solves at least half of that problem, producing a car tire made with orange oil as the primary ingredient to make vulcanized rubber.
From Earth 911:
The new tire is called the Super E-spec™ and has already received the Popular Mechanics Editor’s Choice Award in 2008. Yokohama will initially market the tire for hybrid car models such as the Toyota Prius.
“The eco-focused dB Super E-spec mixes sustainable orange oil and natural rubber to drastically cut the use of petroleum, without compromising performance,” Yokohama vice president of sales Dan King said. “It also helps consumers save money at the gas pump by improving fuel efficiency via a 20-percent reduction in rolling resistance.”
Orange oil is considered sustainable because it is produced from a renewable resource. The same philosophy of reducing petroleum use is utilized in producing plastics from corn starch or vegetable oil.
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Yokohama hasn’t stated whether orange oil will biodegrade over time, or if it would burn in quite the same way as petroleum, which can smolder for months and be difficult to extinguish.
We’ve been told for so long that we need petroleum, that there are so many things we can’t make or do without it. Isn’t it nice to find that that isn’t true at all?
Link Earth911
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