[TowerTalk] Salt contamination

[N6FD]

Basically all the salt that is going to be on the earth is here either 
as NaCl or its constituent parts.  Geology and meteorology  distributes 
it around.  Places with a lot of rainfall don't have much, places with 
little rainfall have a lot.  Local plants and animals have gotten used 
to the local amount of salt.  They tend to do badly when salt levels are 
higher.  I live on what used to be the bottom of a lake 10,000 or so 
years ago.  The local plants do well with fairly high salt levels.  We 
also don't have an acid rain problem, but sometimes have alkali rain 
problems...

73, Erich
N6FD


Russell Hill wrote:
> Question from a dummy:
>
> Is highway salt manufactured, that is does it add to the amount of salt on 
> the earth, or is it simply a redistribution from there (good) to here (bad)? 
> In other words is salt bad when it shows up in MY back yard or highway?  I 
> really don't know.
>
> Thanks,
> Rusty, na5tr
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard HIll" <rehill at ix.netcom.com>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Salt contamination
>
>
>   
>> Rates of salt use are declining rapidly on highways.  Alternatives to NaCl
>> are getting serious consideration due to environmental realities.  This is
>> not a good argument for salting your property.
>>
>> The general environmental consequences of salt are significant in many 
>> parts
>> of the world, and the expense of salt reduction is high.  A search for 
>> salt
>> intrusion on google will give many examples across the US and the world.
>>
>> That is not to say that chemical ground rods are bad or an environmental
>> concern.  It would be interesting to understand what risk they pose.  I
>> suspect little--I suspect that the salts are contained in bentonite and 
>> will
>> leech slowly and at low concentrations.
>>
>> Let's avoid wild conjecture and inappropriate comparisons.
>>
>> Rich
>> NU6T
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Robert Bogash
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 9:39 AM
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Salt contamination
>>
>>
>> I don't profess to know what the rules are, or the environmental
>> consequences, but highway depts spread millions of tons of the stuff on
>> the roads of this country every winter, that's for sure.
>>
>> Bob
>> W7DDD
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