> http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2006/08/22/nitro-tires.html
Gotta love those crazy Canucks, eh?
Let me see, my tire is aging from the inside because oxygen is leaking
through the rubber? What about all the oxygen (to say nothing of UV) on the
outside of the tire? Anybody having trouble with their tires aging from the
inside?
Last I checked, the air I breathe is already more nitrogen than anything
else, right? Wikipedia says about 21 percent oxygen, 78 percent nitrogen.
I imagine there is a completely different, safety-related reason for
eliminating the oxygen from tires used on oil fields ;-)
David Lieb
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