Is this the most unenvironmentally-friendly product ever?

[HarrassedDad]

Beat this!?

Underfloor heating for your driveway:
www.enerfoil.com/outdoor-de-icing/index.htm

There are some sad people out there. Makes me

I'm afraid my natural instinct is to try and see all sides of the argument and I was thinking, well if you're in Canada but certainly not in this country (but the Canadians just get on with shovelling snow I thin - anyway there's too much of it there for them to faff around); And then, if it was the entrance to a hospital - infirm people slipping - etc; but I think I've spotted the real reason a company would install this...

"outdoor prevents accidents, slips and slides, which also reduces costs and expensive liability claims."

indeed.

why doesn't my underline work?

you have to do the _ around every word, peaches.

and yes, in snowy places i can imagine it would be useful esp at hospital entrances etc.

can think of other things to get wound up about tbh.

It's probably not that unfriendly if you consider how often it would be used. Unlike the regular large quantities of stuff like nappies we shove into landfills.

Still completely mad for a domestic user though!

but if used on a domestic drive in the UK would be seriously mad, as it's being promoted here?
(thanks Nappies)

yeah, would be mad here (s coast) as it never snows here, but up north? if it snowed only 3 weeks a year, youd only have it on occasionally in those 3 weeks, right? so like soupy says, not that energy hungry really.

and what is the environmental impact of traditional snowploughs etc?

i really think you can get yoursefl all tied up in knots over all this environmental stuff.. sure, be thrifty and use your common sense, and even keep your ear out for new ways to save and simple changes to make, but seriously, i think its become a great big stick to beat people down with and a fabulous distraction for people to sink their own energy into rather than looking at the bigger picture or inconvenient other issues.

See where you are coming from harrassed dad, and agree to a point particularly given the energy crisis. However I am about to start a new thread asking for people to nominate their most environmentally unfriendly product here as I am sure there are some good contenders out there

Good grief what's wrong with a bag of salt and a shovel!!
Though I would thought it would be very useful for public institutions and residential homes etc.
I wouldn't say it was the worse product in the world, but there are more environmentally friendly solutions for domestic users.
Agreee with NappiesGalore about tying yourself up in knots...

well I didn't get the impression anyone was tying themselves up in knots. One does not make a knot, I'd have thought?

NappiesGalore, this product is not just for snow. I think that just better illustrates the product. The site says "switches in when there is a risk of freezing". That'd be a heck of a lot of nights even in the relatively warm South of England. And one is not a rant! But it does bug me to see a product like this on sale in the UK aimed at the domestic market. As the photo shows, once the car or pedestrian gets to the pavement it is back to the ice and snow anyhow. Pointless?

Bouncingturtle - I was only wondering if this might be a contender for title of "Most unenvironmentally-friendly product ever"?. I was hoping my post might get someone to have a rant about all the outdoor heating and save me the trouble!

PeachesMcLean, "but if used on a domestic drive in the UK would be seriously mad, as it's being promoted here? " Spot on!

Now, I wonder if I can use this to heat my decking. I hate cold feet... (joke, honest!)