California officials are hoping their latest attempt to stem the rising tides of climate change leads to a more socially conscious -- and cooler -- summer.
Officials in Los Angeles have been painting streets white to reduce the effect of urban "heat islands" and combat the effects of climate change.
The LA Street Services began rolling out the project last May, which preliminary testing shows has reduced the temperature of roadways by up to 10 degrees. The project involves applying a light gray coating of the product CoolSeal, made by the company GuardTop.
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There is a case to be made for cement streets there, but I bet this won't balance out the environmental impact of making, transporting and applying that paint. This was just some backroom deal handing your tax dollars off to a political donor from the paint industry.
Funny how people scoff at thimga they know nothing about. Heat islands are 100% for real in cities. Just drive downtown baltimore in the summer. See there are these peoole called scientists who spend their time analyzing data. And yes they have confirmed that painting structures white can reduce heating in an urban setting. The good news; you can review all of their work yourself and develop an informed opinion for once.
i don't think it would be smart to try stopping on wet paint. tires are designed for the roads to be dirt, asphalt, cement, but not exactly paint unless it has that grit in it like the painted lines on the road do. I just don't see this working out. so many cars out there leak fluids do to various reasons and these fluids will definitely take their toll on the paint.
You just can't make this stuff up.
6:15 good idea but cement is very unfriendly to produce. Not to mention the cost of installing it properly. Lets just hope Wicomico County Roads don't have anything to do with it
Getting a headache just thinking about the glare
"CoolSeal does pass the California skid test in addition to the slip test for wet traction, and is applied in two coats, each 50 microns thick, over an asphalt roadway or a slurry-sealed asphalt roadway, according to the streets department."
Amazing what 3 seconds of research can find for you 7:45
first thing I thought too, but 845 mentioned something I didn't think of
They should have at least taken the photo on a street that isnt covered by trees
Blood shows up so much better on light colored surfaces.
The naacp will not like this
40k per mile. Wow!
Spraying nano sized particulate of aluminum, strontium, and barium into the upper atmosphere will also help deflect sun light away from earth’s surface. Referred to as SRM or solar radiation management.
Tell me again about global warming while I write this check for 344.00 to the electric company. Tell those in Maine and Buffalo about it lol,. See there are these people called scientist who get grants from the highest bidder. Some are awesome and others just sell their souls like Doctors. It becomes all about the Benjamins.
White streets...Another blatant attempt of the White Privileged majority to keep the people of color down.
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You are correct.
It has been used for decades now, but the black operation is kept secret from the public.
Add to the aerosols the application of ionosphere heaters to move the jet stream and they have a very powerful weapon!
This is where Dumb and Dumber came from...
And yes they have confirmed that painting structures white can reduce heating in an urban setting. The good news; you can review all of their work yourself and develop an informed opinion for once.
April 12, 2018 at 6:38 AM
Painting anything white will reflect sunlight and heat regardless of any setting.
You guys are just too easy to ridicule.
Omg. More comedic gold from the generation that gave us lead paint and asbestos
How is this a thing people scoff at? It dramatically drops the temperature around the roads.. which puts less burden on businesses and homes to have to fight to cool the higher temperatures. Which means lower utility bills.
This really seems to be an elegant solution to a serious problem for these areas.
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