Simulation Analysis of the Life Cycle of the Tire Industry Cluster Based on the Complex Network

Abstract

As a traditional manufacturing industry, the high carbon emissions run through the entire life cycle of the tire products. Taking the radial tire industry as an example, using 205/65/R/15 tire data, the carbon emissions of China’s tire industry were calculated. The empirical results show that the annual CO₂ emission of the radial tires produced in China alone is as high as 316 million tons in the entire life cycle, and is concentrated in the use and production stages. Therefore, through improving the performance of the tire products, accelerating the development and production of the low-carbon environmental protection tire products, establishing the industrial symbiosis network, and realizing the low-carbon transformation with low energy consumption, low pollution and low emissions is the inevitable choice for the development of China’s tire industry.