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Salt from roads is seriously contaminating our environment and significantly impacting farming in more and more areas. Ever hear of the Romans salting the eart
by EricE 5y ago
Salt from roads is seriously contaminating our environment and significantly impacting farming in more and more areas.
Ever hear of the Romans salting the earth of people the conquered? It was so they couldn't grow crops - yet we routinely do this to ourselves - pretty daft.
- throwaway894345 5y agoWe also farm in a way that is almost optimized for erosion of topsoil. We’ve already lost a third of it and it only renews on geological timescales. Daft is too polite.