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It’s the only rock we eat, and we need it to live. History has shown that those who have salt rule the world–and today, this versatile substance has 14,000 known uses. Travel to a salt mine 1,800 feet below Lake Erie where workers blast salt from a massive deposit spanning four states, to an evaporation facility near San Francisco where machines harvest salt from the briny ocean. Visit a Florida restaurant that offers 40 different varieties of salt…and journey to New York to explore salt’s surprising number one application: de-icing snowy winter roads. See how a high-tech desalination plant removes salt from ocean water, producing 25 million gallons of drinkable water every day. And if it’s speed you’re after, look no further than a natural drag strip in Utah made of pure salt.
Original Release
10/25/2007
US Release
10/25/2007
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mark Bagnard | Self - Chief of Investigations Division, NTSB |
| Robert Bernstein | Self - CEO, Material Techologies |
| Satria Bijaksana | Self - Bandang Institute of Technology |
| Michael Bloomberg | Self - Mayor of New York City |
| Joseph Bruno | Self - Commissioner, Office of Emergency Management |
| James R. Chiles | Self - Author, Inviting Disaster |
| Donald Huntston | Self - Guest Researcher, NIST |
| William Ibbs | Self - Professor of Civil Engineering, UC Berkeley |
| Richard Land | Self - Chief Engineer, Caltrans |
| Thomas Magee | Self - Technical Manager, Con Edison |
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mark Bagnard | Self - Chief of Investigations Division, NTSB |
| Robert Bernstein | Self - CEO, Material Techologies |
| Satria Bijaksana | Self - Bandang Institute of Technology |
| Michael Bloomberg | Self - Mayor of New York City |
| Joseph Bruno | Self - Commissioner, Office of Emergency Management |
| James R. Chiles | Self - Author, Inviting Disaster |
| Donald Huntston | Self - Guest Researcher, NIST |
| William Ibbs | Self - Professor of Civil Engineering, UC Berkeley |
| Richard Land | Self - Chief Engineer, Caltrans |
| Thomas Magee | Self - Technical Manager, Con Edison |
| Michael Manga | Self - Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences, UC Berkeley |
| Monty Moshier | Self - Chief Scientist, Material Technologies |
| Sharham Sean Nozzari | Self - Deputy District Director, Traffic |
| Suyitno Palmosukismo | Self - CEO, Energi Mega Persada |
| Clark Robins | Self - Deputy Civil Engineer, Los Angeles, CA |
| Mitt Romney | Self - Former Governor of Massachusetts |
| Kent Sasaki | Self - Civil Engineer, Wiss, Janney, Elstner |
| Satimo | Self - Indonesian Rice Farmer |
| Carl Schultheisz | Self - Materials Research Engineering, NTSB |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | Self - Former Governor of California |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Don Cambou | Executive Producer |
| Paul Dzilvelis | Producer |
| Joanne Fish | Producer |
| Tim Knauff | Producer |
| Ron Nelson | Producer |
