Magnesium Chloride & Your Environment (Frisco, Breckenridge: travel, home, university)

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Bob from down south

She'll get the house, the kids, and most of the money you'll ever be able to earn, all while sleeping with Antonio the pool boy in a waterbed you're still paying for. Now that's a living nightmare.

Reminds me of a joke: "I'll never get married again, I'll just find a women I hate and give her a house."

[ryanek9freak]

I believe that was Rod Stewart that said that!

[Mike from back east]

I thought I saw Johnny Carson say that on his show about 15+ years ago....

But we're way off topic, so let's get back on the topic of mag chloride....

Thank you....

[Idunn]

So, no one likes their car being needlessly ruined. Good. Even if we apparently disagree on whether people should learn to drive in snow or not.

But is it just me, or hasn't anyone else noticed all the dead and dying trees directly along the roadsides?

[wade52]

It isn't just roadside trees that suffer. Fish populations in streams area also affected. The spring runoff will carry a lot of that salt into rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.

[.gif]

if we had flying cars, we wouldn't have to worry about it.

[ryanek9freak]

LOL!!! there you go!!!

[Bob from down south]

Originally Posted by wade52

It isn't just roadside trees that suffer. Fish populations in streams area also affected. The spring runoff will carry a lot of that salt into rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.

MgCl dissipates very rapidly in water...a 2-day half-life is pretty short as chemicals go. There has been no evidence of adverse impact to fish or other wildlife.

The nitrate runoff from fertilized cropland is far and away more trouble than this.

[Bob from down south]

Originally Posted by Idunn

So, no one likes their car being needlessly ruined. Good. Even if we apparently disagree on whether people should learn to drive in snow or not.

But is it just me, or hasn't anyone else noticed all the dead and dying trees directly along the roadsides?

I think having somone else slide into your car on an untreated icy road would qualify as having it "needlessly ruined." Surface friction control is not "needless." I'm sure the state and county would love to not need to spend a dime on road plowing and deicing. But it's "needed."

There's lots of dead and dying vegetation along the roadsides in AZ, too.

[Bob from down south]

Originally Posted by .gif

if we had flying cars, we wouldn't have to worry about it.

Airport parking/taxi/runway surfaces are routinely treated with chemical de-icing agents, and corrosion control (i.e. wash) is necessary for them too.