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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
OK, taking this discussion to a higher level.
When it snows, dumb drivers aren't the only ones using more fuel. Fuel is spent in great amounts by snowplows, and by people using fossil fuel powered machines to de-snow-ify instead of the good ol' shovel. Plus salt (and the environmental penalty not only of using it, but also of mining and transporting). Plus spraying chemicals onto airplanes so they don't ice up. Plus trucks that get rid of snow by transporting it from city streets to rural areas or dumping it into rivers. Plus machines that get rid of snow by melting it. Plus heated driveways and sidewalks.
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You have some fair points there,
howeve, on your last point *heated pavements*, then this can be a side benefit from combined heating systems (e.g. steam heating in blocks of flats etc.)
Shovelling could work- but the rate of clearing isnt quick enough for the road use levels here