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Imagine if you will a shoe with a small void in the sole. In this small void, the wearer pours antifreeze (or windscreen wash fluid, or a saline solution).
As the user walks, this fluid is gently squeezed out onto the pathways.
In icy conditions, this collective walking using antifreeze shoes
will keep our paths/pavements/sidewalks clear. And safe.
Anti-ice shoes
http://www.halfbake...dea/anti-ice_20shoe
Similar, but not so effective [jonthegeologist, Oct 17 2004]
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Makes cross-country walks rather environmentally unfriendly. |
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funny, I was thinking flame-thrower today! |
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quite like the flame thrower shoe... |
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wouldn't that be *cool* in the playground? |
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light your fag, impress the girls... |
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neat idea its mine <looking possessive> |
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What happens when the family pet slurps up the antifreeze on the sidewalk? |
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he'll never be cold again.... course, you could use salt solution as indicated in the idea. That's perfectly safe to dogs, cats, trees and yellow-bellied oppossums. |
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drag him back to our shores... |
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lord no. send him away, let him take the cold and the oppossums with him. |
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Fishbone for environmental ignorance, even considering use of saline. Excessive amounts of NaCl an CaCl2 applied by humans and carried by runoff water already has a negative effect on ecosystems and transportation infrastructure in regions of the world where it is abused. |
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Luckily, this planet has plenty of wonderful places for humans to live where the (current) climate prevents formation of ice. |
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was considering Salt-lick soled shoes... so that the path you tread is always salted/gritted |
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