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God I hate road salt. My poor poor Jeeps! Perhaps this will spur a shift towards alternatives? I've heard beet juice of all things is effective but I have no

God I hate road salt. My poor poor Jeeps! Perhaps this will spur a shift towards alternatives? I've heard beet juice of all things is effective but I have no clue if its economical.

amelius 6y ago
Perhaps corn syrup would work too. If we take it out of our foods, then we can solve two problems at once.
- ginko 6y ago
  My guess is that you'd run into problems with mold or bacterial growth pretty quickly if you spread glucose syrup on roads.
  - macawfish 6y ago
    They already put corn syrup on the roads, mixed with salt.
  - brink 6y ago
    Then we wouldn't be able to eat it off of the roads.
  - justwalt 6y ago
    Not too mention animals eating the syrup from the roads.
    - Ma8ee 6y ago
      There is already a problem in many places with deers licking salt of the road surface.
      - amelius 6y ago
        Just add a bitter chemical, like they do with the coating of medicine so that children don't think pills are candy.
giantg2 6y ago
In some areas they used to use cinders from the coal plants. They are black and soak up more heat from the sun and contain salts.
- EdwardDiego 6y ago
  In my country, we use grit. > https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/gritty-effort-keep-city-streets-safe https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/gritty-effort-keep-city-s...
efficax 6y ago
Chicago has used a kind of beet brine for deicing. It's beet juice mixed with salt. It means you can use less salt, the sugar makes it more effective in colder temps, and helps it stick to the road so there's less waste. Also makes the road look red.