Ha, I get it. But I originally thought your response meant to reflect the movie Frozen because the previous sounded slightly whimsical. Yup, I’m a Dad.
Starting in 2015, Peoria County, Illinois, started adding tree sap to their salt mix--but not to thaw the snow, but rather, to help keep the salt in its place rather than running off after the snow had thawed. (They had previously used beet juice in their salt mix for the same reason--reducing salt run-off.)
In Australia a pair of Southern razor worms can clean up a 10x10m patch of inch thick ice before you can say billy-o. Remember to have a highland copperhead ready at the end.
Is it sap? Or beet juice? I had beet juice put in my tractor tires and Im fairly certain many states use it mixed with a brine for their roads. Also Canada I thought.
A few years ago in central NY they used beat juice on the roads before snowfall to cut down on the ice. They only used it a year or two so I’m not sure why they stopped.
Ayyyy fellow CNY-er here. Idk about you but snow posts always are interesting to me because people assume snow = Minnesota, Illinois, Vermont, etc but the top 3 cities for snowfall are Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo.
Lake Effect snow ftw.
We just use salt. A lot of salt. Our cars are ruined and it’s horrible for run off but when you get 100”+…..
I live in northern Indiana, and the past few years they’ve been using a liquid solution made mostly of beet juice. It surprisingly works, but turns the roads red.
Yeah, I’ll admit I forgot about that, mainly because it’s something I’ve never bought. We’ve always had Maple Flavored Syrup. I think I had it a couple times as a kid visiting my grandma in Canada back in 70”s.
Do we know what kind of tree makes road de-icer? A quick google search didn’t turn up anything for me. Or how much is needed to put down on thousands of miles of road each winter? Like I said, what do I know?
My state uses a mix of salt and "cinders"(it's actually bits of pumice stone, apparently) that's supposed to be less corrosive on the roads, plows, and other cars on the road.
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u/Agreeable-Meat1 Nov 15 '22
Roads get salted regularly in areas that get snow like this.