Change doesn’t just create opportunities but threatens existences too.
I write this because it seems to me that it has never been more important to question the motives and context behind some of the rhetoric of the moment.
A recent example is a pivot by Transport and Environment (T&E), a long-established lobby group that campaigns for cleaner transport. Where previously it focused on combustion-engine emissions, now it has investigated tyre-wear emissions from electric cars, concluding that their heavier weight means they shed harmful particulates in greater numbers.
The report and its findings have since been dismissed by a mix of experts, the broad conclusion being that tyre particulates are bad for the environment but not so much for human health, as suggested.
