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It would be ironic if it were discovered if are mainly the salt mines what affects the climatological cycles, when the salt, after being consumed and evacuated
by drtgh 3y ago
It would be ironic if it were discovered if are mainly the salt mines what affects the climatological cycles, when the salt, after being consumed and evacuated from our organisms due to the high doses we receive (what damage our kidneys), arrives the rivers and ends up in the oceans increasing their salinity, affecting the heat dissipation and the currents of the whole planet.
- actionfromafar 3y agoWouldn’t this be a very tiny amount
- schiffern 3y agoDietary salt yes, but counting all sources of anthropogenic salt (eg road salt) in the USA it's similar to the natural erosion rate. In other words we've roughly doubled the total salinity of American rivers. The ocean is big so that's still not huge globally, but it can have regional effects. https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?dirEntryId=359581&Lab=CPHEA https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?dirEntr...
- shiroiuma 3y agoWow, I knew that cars and SUVs were destroying the planet because of emissions and pollution and various other factors, but I didn't even think about how road salt (only necessary because of cars) was also making things even worse.
- actionfromafar 3y agoSalt isn't even strictly necessary with cars. I always preferred unsalted roads.