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edit: Don't do this. Embrace modernity and don't pollute the soil.

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[–] casualhippo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure there will be people that take this seriously lol, PSA to others don't do this. It fucks up the land and nearby water sources as it spreads out. In the US you can be forced to replace the contaminated soil

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I was a yout, they had trucks with a huge tank and a sprayer on the back. The truck would drive all the country roads spraying the dirt with waste oils. This was done to keep the dust down. Smelled terrible. Miles and miles of dirt roads that ran all around by rivers and lakes.

It is crazy to think about that now.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I assure you they still do that, source: my dad still lived on a back country road that they regularly tarred until they finally paved it about two or three years ago. When I lived there I hated when they did it because I had a white car and didn’t want all the oil on it since it was so hard to wash off and I had to go to the car wash every time I left the house

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was reading about one where the oil was contaminated with some truly terrible shit, dioxin maybe? Several people died. They turned that whole area into a Superfund site.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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