I’ve often wondered why they don’t use some version of a giant blowdryer to melt snow, so this is very satisfying to me.
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I’ve often wondered why they don’t use some version of a giant blowdryer to melt snow, so this is very satisfying to me.
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Great info, but vile website design. Some drop down menu parked itself in front of the story and wouldn’t budge. One of the rare times I left a website because the site design made it so much trouble to read a simple story I just couldn’t be bothered.
One of my former bosses had a job melting snow in a downtown parking lot to make room for cars in the winter. I think they used some kind of giant pot.
The problem with melting snow is that it takes a lot of energy since it’s a state change. I can see that jet engines would work great, except for the fact that they’re pretty big polluters, burning fuel oil directly in the air –maybe if they ran on propane.
I was thinking more for real emergencies, not everyday use.
If you suddenly get a huge blizzard, you WANT a slow melt. Otherwise you get flooding.