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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Seattle has refused to salt the roads for precisely this reason.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Big Salt too strong in Canada.

[–] CluckN 4 points 2 weeks ago

Big Pepper needs to step in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ontario talks about salt killing fish in the GTA seemingly every year

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

It also fucks up cars and the soil. Sugar beet juice also works as a deicer and isn't corrosive. I prefer sand, just since it works in all temps and it's inert.

[–] negativeyoda 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ditto for Portland

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

no surprise.

Grew up in Kelowna, where they sand the roads but don't salt them. Moved to the coast, and im always suprised by how much people throw salt around here.