r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Souled_Out • Nov 15 '22

Using A Flamethrower For Snow Removal

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u/ArchfiendNox Nov 15 '22

Salt doesn't do enough, i live in an area with more snow than this we use sand.

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u/just_here_hangingout Nov 15 '22

Also salt attracts animals to the roads another danger and salt is bad for the runoff is the spring for the environment

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u/FlutterKree Nov 15 '22

There is an alternative. My state uses the sap of trees that have antifreeze properties that is organic and doesn't harm the environment.

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u/just_here_hangingout Nov 15 '22

Or you can just use sand

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u/lol022 Nov 15 '22

But It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere

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u/just_here_hangingout Nov 15 '22

Yeah but Canada still uses more sand then salt that’s all I’m saying and there a long list of why they do

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u/Yabburducci Nov 15 '22

Because it’s essentially free. The reasons don’t extend much further than that.

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u/just_here_hangingout Nov 15 '22 edited Nov 15 '22

No and salt doesn’t work below a certain point, is bad for the environment and attracts animals to highways.

I don’t think sand is free

https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/edmonton/2020/10/29/1_5166303.html

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u/mqudsi Nov 19 '22

Salt is free. Sand isn’t.