Apparently, this is enough to cause the entire patch of concrete to become conductive, meaning if you pump enough juice through it — it’d definitely melt some ice on top.

That’s because the new concrete is capable of melting ice and snow, removing the need to use salt or shoveling. Scientists have created a new self-heating material that could heavily reduce the ...

Ice exerts a pressure of about 50,000 lbs ... You'd be shocked at how many bags of concrete mix you'd have to mix by hand to fill a form tube. Figure concrete volume by multiplying the height ...