• @[email protected]
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    2011 months ago

    Use electricity to melt snow and that electricity and heat contributes to climate change which makes snow worse and then you use more electricity and heat and then…

    • Mario_Dies.wavOP
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      711 months ago

      Dw it’s just a shitpost. I wouldn’t actually do something like this.

      We can’t even afford a snowblower. I shovel everything by hand.

      • @Wilzax
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        11 months ago

        Except that in this example it really would solve the problem for good by increasing global temperatures until your driveway would never be cool enough to accumulate snow

    • @FireRetardant
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      311 months ago

      And the stormwater disruption releasing warm water into streams and rivers early, sometimes triggering eggs/insects/other critters to come out before their food sources are ready and basically starving them out.

  • Bonehead
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    511 months ago

    If you’re looking for cheap and relatively easy not to mention kinda fun, look into propane torches for sealing driveways.

    • Neato
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      311 months ago

      If it’s below freezing, doesn’t that just get you ice when the water freezes again?

      • @[email protected]
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        111 months ago

        You have to go slow enough for the water to drain away assuming your driveway was built correctly

  • @x4740N
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    11 months ago

    Now I wonder if you can get a leafblower that blows hot air out like a heat gun

    Or you could use a flamethrower

  • @AdrianTheFrog
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    11 months ago
    • 2 x 130 sq ft. waterproof fabric: $300
    • 1k ft. resistive wire (enough for one wire every 4 cm): $270 (approximate, I have no idea what gauge and resistivity you would need)

    Honestly the amazon listing is not as bad of a deal as I was expecting. You could probably make it a lot cheaper but it would take forever and probably be significantly lower quality.