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A growing body of research suggests that road salt contributes to metal corrosion and can have a negative impact on ecosystems. Despite the introduction of some successful alternatives, many Canadian cities are still using salt because it’s cheaper.
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Like someone else said in the other thread, brine is still salt. Also, sand fucking sucks and barely works at all. So what’s the real alternative?
Volcanic ash and beet juice. It’s such common sense that regular salt is fucking everything up. You telling me that you gona blast salt on a 6 lane highway for 300 km and expect it not fuck up the local water way from the drain run off?
Sand/grit are helpful in areas that get too cold for salt to work.
Trains
Snow under the wheels? No problem! Simply crush it under a 100 tonne train.
