Friday 21 November 2014

With Snow Already In Many States,

and more forecast for Europe,


perhaps it is not a good time to mention that in the report by Time, that in America it claims that the price of salt is up by over 50 percent in some states, and the price has tripled in others, one of the biggest leaps was in St. Louis, where prices jumped from $49/ton last year to $112/ton this year, so I guess similar price increase for salt will occur in Europe, but why salt to combat icy roads? salt prevents ice from forming because it interacts so well with water, the presence of dissolved salt in water disrupts water molecules' ability to form the sturdy crystal lattice also known as ice, now the big question, who last year looked towards the future and bought salt futures?

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