Many people don’t want a frigid winter, one when the mercury struggles to break 10 above. But I do.

Here’s why: the DOT uses a lot less salt when it’s very cold. Salt is useless when road surfaces don’t get above 15 degrees or so. People just have to learn to drive carefully on snow covered roads, and accept in the winter that it’s normal and healthy for roads to be covered with snow.

Some people think weather that struggles to break 0 degrees is no fun. But natural gas and oil is cheap this year, and you can bundle up when you go outside, especially if the wind isn’t whipping around. And less road salt is good not just for cars and bridges, and our dress paints and wool overcoats — but also the environment.

Bring on the cold this winter!