[HN Gopher] Clear Snow the Laziest Way Imaginable
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       Clear Snow the Laziest Way Imaginable
        
       Author : indigodaddy
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2022-11-16 22:01 UTC (59 minutes ago)
        
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       | giantdude wrote:
       | Seems like a lot of work. Snow is heavy. Shoveling seems a bit
       | easier than moving an unmovable tarp full of snow, while slipping
       | and sliding.
        
         | TomK32 wrote:
         | yup, and that snow is still on the tarp and the tarp needs to
         | be clean of snow on the underside or the snow might melt and
         | the whole tarp might get frozen to the ground it protects.
        
       | cactacea wrote:
       | Might work great if it stays cold enough but if there's any
       | danger of snow/ice melting and refreezing don't try it... I did
       | once and ended up with a tarp frozen to my car's windshield and
       | doors, couldn't even get in to turn it on and get the heater
       | going.
        
       | johnthuss wrote:
       | Putting down a tarp to catch the snow and then pulling it away
       | would only work with a very small amount of snow. Snow is HEAVY.
       | If it was that small it would be almost just as easy to use a
       | wide snow-pusher-style shovel to move it.
       | 
       | The other problem is that you have to place the tarp before the
       | snow falls, which requires a lot of forethought with work and
       | sleep making it unable to be done for large portions of the day.
        
       | bena wrote:
       | Going to napkin math this.
       | 
       | Each gallon of water weighs 8lbs.
       | 
       | 1 cubic foot is about 7 gallons.
       | 
       | That's 56lbs. That's going to get real heavy real quick.
       | Especially for an area where shovelling would take a while. Which
       | is when you'd want something like this.
        
       | karmakaze wrote:
       | How about a big mirror + magnifying glass on the roof that can
       | remotely focus the winter sun. It might be slow but fun except
       | when overcast.
        
         | omoikane wrote:
         | Not sure if this was meant as a joke, but it sounded like a
         | fire hazard.
        
       | Yoofie wrote:
       | Seems like this plan requires foresight and/or planning. The same
       | people who are often lazy also often lack foresight.
        
       | dane-pgp wrote:
       | Surely an even lazier way would be to wait for warmer weather?
        
         | TomK32 wrote:
         | Why wait for warmer weather when you could simply move closer
         | to the equator where you have more warm weather to begin with?
        
           | dane-pgp wrote:
           | That's not clearing snow lazily, it's avoiding snow with a
           | lot of effort, but you're probably right that your suggestion
           | could be less total effort than the method in the article,
           | after a certain number of years.
        
         | indigodaddy wrote:
         | Sometimes that can take quite awhile depending on where you
         | are, but yeah that definitely seems the laziest way :). I guess
         | the intent might be laziest non-passive way imaginable..
        
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