Advantages and disadvantages of keeping road clear of ice
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- Created on: 12-04-17 11:21
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- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of keeping the road clear of ice
- Energy storage
- Advantages
- no fuel costs
- no environmental costs
- Disadvantages
- expensive to set up
- need to dig deep under road
- dependent on (summer) weather
- digging up earth and disrupting habitats
- Advantages
- Salt spreading
- Advantages
- easily available
- cheap
- Disadvantages
- can damage trees/plants/ drinking water/cars
- needs to be cleaned away
- Advantages
- Undersoil heating
- Advantages
- not dependent on weather
- can be switched on/off
- Disadvantages
- costly
- bad for environment
- Advantages
- Energy storage
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