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Japan uses sprinklers that spray warm underground water to melt the snow on the roads


Japan uses sprinklers that spray warm underground water to melt the snow on the roads

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  1. Niigata, where the sprinklers are located, is one of the snowiest places in Japan. It snows as much as Minneapolis, MN, but the place itself is in a subtropical climate, so it rarely gets below 0°C. Knowing this, the Japanese use sprinklers that spray warm underground water to melt snow on the roads.

    Here’s a video that explains it in more detail: https://youtu.be/2CyKgFUm6W4

  5. Not where I lived, we didn’t get that much snow. 😝

    Where do live now, that would not work because in the worst weather the groundwater would turn to ice on the road.

  6. Yes they do, and it’s a stupid ass fucking idea, because they turn the sprinklers off at around 2am in like half the town, then water all freezes

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