Sugar beets are the best, they be processed into molasses (and can additionally be processed into ethanol), can grow in temperate climates compared to sugarcane only in tropical climates, and their leftovers can be used as a better alternative for salt for icy roads.
My partner (-25F) and I (-30C) are trying to depress the freezing point enough to serve as an effective pair of de-icing agents. Are our thermal properties sufficient?
Sugar beets are the best, they be processed into molasses (and can additionally be processed into ethanol), can grow in temperate climates compared to sugarcane only in tropical climates, and their leftovers can be used as a better alternative for salt for icy roads.
What do you mean by leftovers?
From what I understand it a kind of beet juice that is from the process to convert it to sugar.
Interesting! And thats effective for de-icing?
It is down to -25F or so, but I think the exact numbers vary
My partner (-25F) and I (-30C) are trying to depress the freezing point enough to serve as an effective pair of de-icing agents. Are our thermal properties sufficient?
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Thats so fuckin cool!! (Hah, cool, a cold pun)
I have been praising the sugar beet for decades now. It is a fantastically useful crop.
Sugarcanes, on the other hand, are the data centers of crops. They consume water like a motherfucker!