cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25616911

A growing body of research suggests that road salt contributes to metal corrosion and can have a negative impact on ecosystems. Despite the introduction of some successful alternatives, many Canadian cities are still using salt because it’s cheaper.

  • @NarrativeBearOP
    2•5 days ago

    Yes, but us humans are notoriously bad at perceiving time at such scales. We even in moat cases can’t see five years into our own futures let alone 50 or 100 years.

    We constantly fail to see the cheapest solution in the short term usually tends to be the most expensive in the long term, maybe not for us individually, but for future generations of us.