On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:56 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Actually, last night while I was laying in bed, failing to be asleep, I 
>wondered about something. Every time we have frost, government vehicles 
>drive out and dump many billions of tonnes of salt onto the roads.
>
>1. What the hell does that do to the cars?


It rusts them. That is one of the reasons that there is a higher proportion of
old cars in the South of the country as there is less need to salt the roads.

>2. Where does all this salt *go* to? Is this a problem?

Down the drains and it's not a problem if you don't lick the roads.

Regards
	Stephen

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