Tried a couple of major retailers in Brigg over the weekend seeking out a can or two of de-icer for the car, ahead of the the weekly trip to the Daily Hull Mail. Only knowing grins from staff questioned about supplies being available now or in the near future.
Panic buying helps no-one, but it's a fact of life. And you'll never change it. But a bit less scaremongering from various media outlets would help to calm the situation.
Just a thought: The Corus steelworks in Scunthorpe produces thousands of tonnes of blastfurnace slag (as a by-product) which you'd think would be just the thing to put on slippery roads and paths.
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No comments on the subject of slags on the streets please !
...yeah, but....
2 Questions:
1. Does slag chemically melt the snow...or would it just be a gritty carpet to aid traction?
2. What happens to the slag run-off. Unlike salt it wouldn't dissolve, so how can the drains be protected from being blocked?
I can remember the time, however, when households used old cinders and ash from the fire-place on the garden path.
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