Here’s How All That Winter Road Salt Is Made

route salt has beena pointof contentionlately , what with all this wintry atmospheric condition . If you survive in a snow-clad mood , you ’re probably used to seeingwarehousesand dump trucks full of the stuff and nonsense . But where does all that ice-skating rink - melting good occur from?National Geographicbrings us this fascinating , oddly soothing TV explaining the obscure hoagy ’s origin story .

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The numbers thrown around in this video are almost too huge to grasp ; at roughly 18 tons per truckload , the U.S. used nearly a million truck ’ worth of road salt in 2013 . One can only imagine 2014 ’s turn is already fairly healthy thanks tothis year ’s wacky winter atmospheric condition . Makes theOcean ’s 11 - trend 24 - gross ton saltiness heistpulled off by Sochi Olympics organiser seem like a drop in the ( piquant ) sea by comparison . [ National GeographicviaDigg ]