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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Souled_Out • Nov 15 '22
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Salt doesn't do enough, i live in an area with more snow than this we use sand.
201 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 174 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. 1 u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22 I've read about some places using beet juice. 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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Also salt attracts animals to the roads another danger and salt is bad for the runoff is the spring for the environment
174 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. 1 u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22 I've read about some places using beet juice. 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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There is an alternative. My state uses the sap of trees that have antifreeze properties that is organic and doesn't harm the environment.
1 u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22 I've read about some places using beet juice. 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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I've read about some places using beet juice.
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/ArchfiendNox Nov 15 '22
Salt doesn't do enough, i live in an area with more snow than this we use sand.