Breaking News......
- Thread starter bornaneer
- Start date
Deport illegals and that will lower CO2 emissions and cut down on encarcination costs.Los Angeles is spending $40,000 per mile painting asphalt streets white to try to prevent global warming.
It's actually more of a local solution to a local problem.
Los Angeles, like so many other modern cities, is encased in thousands of miles of asphalt. And dark-colored asphalt absorbs between 80 and 95 percent of the sun's rays, heating up not just the streets themselves but the entire surrounding area. So when temperatures in Southern California rise above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, surface temperatures on its asphalt roads can climb to 150. It exacerbates a phenomenon known as the "urban heat island effect," which the EPA says can add up to 22 degrees Fahrenheit to the average air temperature in a city, compared to the surrounding area.
CoolSeal, which is made by a company called GuardTop, helps to reflect solar rays off asphalt so that less heat is actually absorbed. And according to the Bureau of Street Services, the L.A. streets that have been rendered lighter in color with CoolSeal are 10 to 15 degrees cooler on average than the L.A. streets that have not. That, in turn, keeps the neighborhood from heating up quite as much. Buildings in the area don't need to use quite as much air conditioning, which can curb costs, benefiting residents' wallets and the environment.
By cooling the ambient air, lighter-colored asphalt can also help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. Its higher reflectivity can save on energy needed to illuminate streets and parking lots when the sun starts to set. And according to the EPA, the air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and water quality depletion driven by heat islands can be mitigated by cool pavements as well.
Los Angeles, like so many other modern cities, is encased in thousands of miles of asphalt. And dark-colored asphalt absorbs between 80 and 95 percent of the sun's rays, heating up not just the streets themselves but the entire surrounding area. So when temperatures in Southern California rise above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, surface temperatures on its asphalt roads can climb to 150. It exacerbates a phenomenon known as the "urban heat island effect," which the EPA says can add up to 22 degrees Fahrenheit to the average air temperature in a city, compared to the surrounding area.
CoolSeal, which is made by a company called GuardTop, helps to reflect solar rays off asphalt so that less heat is actually absorbed. And according to the Bureau of Street Services, the L.A. streets that have been rendered lighter in color with CoolSeal are 10 to 15 degrees cooler on average than the L.A. streets that have not. That, in turn, keeps the neighborhood from heating up quite as much. Buildings in the area don't need to use quite as much air conditioning, which can curb costs, benefiting residents' wallets and the environment.
By cooling the ambient air, lighter-colored asphalt can also help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. Its higher reflectivity can save on energy needed to illuminate streets and parking lots when the sun starts to set. And according to the EPA, the air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and water quality depletion driven by heat islands can be mitigated by cool pavements as well.
Last edited:
It's always the unanticipated consequences of great ideas like this that kill projects. I wonder how much of that paint washes off into the water system and kills fish?
Why not just not pave it? Just dig them up and go back to dirt? Why not go to rickshaws? Just a complete waste of money.
I doubt the substance and process wasn’t analyzed for other potential environmental hazards
Personally, I don’t think it’s a waste.....but effects will have to be measured in scale in order to determine the worth of the project. I like trying things to deal with the biggest crisis we will face in the next 100 years.
California running out of money is going to be a much bigger problem than saving a degree of temperature
#poors
California the world’s fifth largest economy? Look out, Britain
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article161472333.html
The funny part is that the EPA via stateDEPs micromanages what is put onto roads for that very reason.
I imagine, you’re too old and fat to ever be proven wrong on this whole deal, so enjoy it.
When they come and ask the federal government to bail them out, they are 1 trillion in debt
They pay in more than they take out. I am way, WAY more concerned about the fed government going broke.
They aren't even half that. More like 430 billion. When you consider gdp and population they are in about the same shape financially as Texas.
The rural goobers will always hate California. State elected Reagan governor, he became President, they elected a right wing celebrity who cracked down on immigrants, they turned left and elected Jerry Brown. Now America has the celebrity president cracking down on immigrants, guess which way the wind is blowing? lol.
Towards economic prosperity, strong national defense, and a return to 3 co-equal branches of Govt?
You know....I’m surprised that you don’t equate out national debt to economic prosperity for the nation at all. Is it not a factor in long run economic policy at all?
Be careful when citing those inaccurate studies about how much states "get back". They factor in federal jobs, so states close to DC "receive" a larger portion of the federal dollar.
Cali couldn't survive independently. They can't produce enough water or electricity to supply the entire state on their own, and would have to tax themselves out of existence to survive.
I loved Southern California when it came to the weather, the attractions, the people (most people in and around LA are from other parts of the country), the views.... but I knew that the way the county and state was run, there was no way I'd want to put roots down there.
A buck fiddy isn't too bad for "painting", but I would wager that the cost savings are so that it will take decades to recoup the initial investment. It's like the rubes that believe in **** like "Solar Roadways". Sounds good in theory, sucks in reality.
What do you bet "mad" MAX_ine Waters pacing company or one of her cronies is giving her a kickback...seems plausible/probaable..
Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin so far. I'm a political junky, California is a bell weather state whether ya believe or not.