Originally Posted by
thebug622
We had a heated driveway at our home in NJ when I was a boy (1959) never operated properly but was offered by the builder of the home ,so it's not a new idea.As far as the energy required,remember you only need to raise the temp above 32 and it does not usually snow when the temp is extremly low so it may not require the amount of energy you may believe it would
A runway 200' x 10000' is equal to about 8 miles of two lane highway. You may only need to raise the temp by a few degrees but you're talking about thousands (millions?) of tons of pavement and a huge surface area. I sure wouldn't want to be the guy paying for the heating bill.