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The Green Energy Council is sounding the alarm on "cold patch," a blacktop material used to patch potholes, estimating that the stuff leaches 240,000 gallons of toxic fuel oil into the soil or gets washed off into the sewage system or evaporates into the air our children breath. The president of the group tells the Post, "You're talking about an extraordinary amount of diesel fuel." Cold patch has been used to fill potholes for years, but there have been no studies on the health impact of its toxic runoff. The city DOT has been a major cold patch consumer, but they recently agreed to buy 5,000 tons of a new type of environmentally friendly biodegradable type of cold patch called GreenPatch. Oddly, the Post insists the DOT "had no clue" GreenPatch was eco-friendy until their know-it-all egghead reporter told the agency.
Pothole Patches Poison, Green Group Warns
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All I know is that the fumes from some recently repaved road makes me high whenever I walk by.
"evaporates into the air our children breath"
So just kids get sick? Whew. For a minute I was worried.
or evaporates into the air our children breath.
thankfully this is all the kids breathe... so cigarette smoke is still on list of things they're allowed to breathe?
gee that shit is toxic? nahhh
What about the guys that do black top all day? If this stuff is so bad they should be dead in two weeks.
So the new stuff is biodegradeable, does that mean the guys have to come back in two weeks if it rains and do the patch again?
delicious.
Are you saying the air in our fair city is polluted? Pfft, nonsense.
How about filling the holes with the people complaining about this shit.
This, imo, is an example of one of the main problems with the environmentalist movement.
It is not sufficient to simply "sound the alarm". You have to provide alternatives.
If cold patch is so horrible that it cannot be used, then what? Do you not patch potholes? Good luck with that approach.
#5 (Snoopy)
YOU are biodegradable and come in contact with water (presumably not only when it rains).
Lesson learned: "Biodegradable" does not have to mean "less durable."
[10] You'll have to forgive Snoopy. Thinking is not his forte. He's proof that being an AARP member doesn't necessarily mean you've learned anything in all those decades of living. Anybody who thinks just a little bit would realize that there are two major components of cold patch compounds: the solids and the adhesive that holds it together to harden it. Hot asphalt doesn't need adhesive because it sticks to itself and hardens just by cooling. Old style cold patches use petroleum solvents, just like all the household glues that say "use in well ventilated area." Greenpatch has the same non-biodegradable solids, but its adhesive uses non-petroleum solvents which biodegrade after they evaporate or are washed off by rain.
This, imo, is an example of one of the main problems with Politburo.
It is not sufficient to simply "spout off." You have to actually read the article.
If cold patch is so horrible that it cannot be used, then there are alternatives, like GreenPatch. Don't mind that approach.
Thanks Shitof76 for the explanation. Now tell me what are those "Greenpatch adhesives compounds which biodegrade after they evaporate or are washed off by rain." Do you mean they are low VOC? Are they latex based? Are they wheat paste compounds that you used in grade school? Tell me. Are they cost effective/
Frankly, I don't think I can explain basic chemistry to someone of your limited intellect. Schoolyard namecalling at your age? Pathetic.
Shitof76 please try and explain it to me. Please. How can a little patch of organic asphalt patch ever compensate for the miles upon miles of asphalt that is part of the our interstate highway system and the resurfacing of the streets here in the city,
Please tell me. PLEASE wise one. WHAT ARE THE SECRET INGREDIENTS?
I bet you ride a bike to work.