From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vh38u5$2dg8a$2@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 11/13/2024 3:09 PM, Snag wrote:   
      
   >    I thought it was exposure to sunlight/UV that caused most of the   
   > sidewall degradation ... or are those aftermarket tire covers (in   
   > particular for RV's and campers) just another scam ?   
      
      
   Yeah I don't know for sure.  UV is certainly capable of damaging a lot   
   of things.  I do know CO2 is an issue with some rubbers.  I was told   
   by... well somebody... that tires were among them.   
      
   --   
   Bob La Londe   
      
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   CO2 is relatively inert, and can be used to expand foam rubber. IIRC ozone   
   (mutant oxygen) is the gas that deteriorates tires.   
   https://www.coirubber.com/ozone-and-rubber-deterioration/   
      
   Wood is just a rearrangement of atoms from air. Several other rearrangements   
   of air are deadly toxins, rocket fuels or both.   
      
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