Trees in cities tend to be carefully chosen for the environment. Are we in a climate where we need to put salt on the road in the winter? Choose trees that can tolerate some salt in the ground.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe stop putting salt down in winter??? Who does that still they need to stop.

[–] brik100@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As much as it sucks, until we reduce the need for cars, northern rural areas are going to need to use salt for roads to be usable. Of course, if global warming gets worse it won't be an issue

[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

"Global warming" doesn't mean warmer winters. It means extreme summers and winters and nothing in between, with a global temperature raising.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Besides the already stated fact that global warming will only make winters worse, there are better ways like cleaning the snow (ok, that's radical) or using abrasives like sand or gravel.

[–] eltimablo@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Clearing the snow doesn't fix the ice that snowplows leave behind and gravel/sand is a straight placebo. That's why the roads get salted/brined.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My major metropolitan City kills New trees literally every year.