Interesting article, but it’s written at a fourth grade science level. No wonder there’s no author listed.
The only solutions to tire pollution and energy consumption are 1) ban all vehicles or 2) reduce the earth’s population to one billion.
Well, maybe our betters will allow us to own private vehicles for a while because they can’t ban them outright. So you’ll find your 5,000 mile per year driving allowance won’t get you very far. After getting that camel’s nose into your tent, your betters will ratchet that down to 1,000 miles within a few years of adopting that near-ban on driving. Then down to 500 miles.