Comments on: Beet-leggers and Baptists http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/02/25/beet-leggers-and-baptists/ The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:21:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Econobran http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/02/25/beet-leggers-and-baptists/#comment-28 Econobran Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:13:23 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/02/25/beet-leggers-and-baptists/#comment-28 They did the same thing where I live. The newspaper here quoted that price of the beet juice mixture being in excess of 3 dollars per gallon. We had an ice storm a week earlier, so this time the road department decided to pre-treat the roads with this beet juice mixture. In my humble opinion, I would say that it worked marginally better. However, I don't think the excess costs justify the new method. It allowed some of the ice to melt more quickly, but left a slushy mess on the roads -- which is still very slick. I would be upset if my tax dollars continued to be used on this method. I hadn't heard the environmental argument, but even so, I think you are right on target -- $0.04 vs. $3.04. No contest in my mind. Did you receive my email response from a week or so ago? I didn't receive a reply, so I wasn't sure if you didn't get my response or if you were just really busy. Keep up the good work on the blog! They did the same thing where I live. The newspaper here quoted that price of the beet juice mixture being in excess of 3 dollars per gallon. We had an ice storm a week earlier, so this time the road department decided to pre-treat the roads with this beet juice mixture. In my humble opinion, I would say that it worked marginally better. However, I don’t think the excess costs justify the new method. It allowed some of the ice to melt more quickly, but left a slushy mess on the roads — which is still very slick. I would be upset if my tax dollars continued to be used on this method. I hadn’t heard the environmental argument, but even so, I think you are right on target — $0.04 vs. $3.04. No contest in my mind.

Did you receive my email response from a week or so ago? I didn’t receive a reply, so I wasn’t sure if you didn’t get my response or if you were just really busy. Keep up the good work on the blog!

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