http://www.forgetthebox.net/mag/news/green-bean-tuesdays/the-roads-a-salt-lick.php Montreal Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.forgetthebox.net/mag/news/green-bean-tuesdays/the-roads-a-salt-lick.php/comment-page-1#comment-2394 Laurence Rants Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:48:01 +0000 http://www.forgetthebox.net/?p=1450#comment-2394 if we were to revert to horses, we'd still need to melt the ice! of course, we Could go back to using hot ashes from the coal furnaces, except they don't exist anymore, largely because coal is a lot worse than salt. Also, when the ashes cool they become slippery, thereby defeating the purpose. maybe if they heated the roads... but that opens another can o' worms! if we were to revert to horses, we’d still need to melt the ice! of course, we Could go back to using hot ashes from the coal furnaces, except they don’t exist anymore, largely because coal is a lot worse than salt. Also, when the ashes cool they become slippery, thereby defeating the purpose. maybe if they heated the roads… but that opens another can o’ worms!

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