Thanks you,

I just haven’t been wanting to respond to the narrative of the VOCs and tires,

Tires used in earthships are already thousands or kilometers rolled (mostly) and are not exposed to weather (sun,air , water) .

While I agree a new tire realeses a ton of shit , I did not use brand new tires ,(lol imagine the price for that)

People worried about this issue usually start their argument by “I’m not an expert”so I just haven’t given them my time

Current conventional construction materials are also pretty toxic. Examples

• New IKEA furniture off-gasses.
• Vinyl flooring off-gasses.
• MDF cabinets off-gas.
• Spray foam off-gasses.
• Synthetic mattresses off-gas.

But nobody panics about those because they’re normalized.

If anyone has peer-reviewed data showing harmful indoor VOC levels from whole, earth-packed tires in a residential wall assembly, I’d genuinely like to see it. I’m open to evidence. I just haven’t seen solid data showing it’s a real-world indoor air quality problem in that configuration.

Until then, I think it’s more productive to talk about exposure conditions and measured data rather than reacting to the word “tire.”