UHI has been responsible for poorly sited weather reporting stations to record higher temperatures that led to the myth of global warming.
The station pictured below is but one example:
Posted on 04/10/2018 12:45:48 PM PDT by pabianice
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.
"CoolSeal is applied like conventional sealcoats to asphalt surfaces to protect and maintain the quality and longevity of the surface," according to the company website. "While most cool pavements on the market are polymer based, CoolSeal is a water-based, asphalt emulsion."
While each coasting could can last up to seven years, they are also pricey, with the estimated cost of $40,000 per mile, the L.A. Daily News reported.
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Don’t know if this helps but it’s from the article.
“While most cool pavements on the market are polymer based,
CoolSeal is a water-based, asphalt emulsion.”
UHI has been responsible for poorly sited weather reporting stations to record higher temperatures that led to the myth of global warming.
The station pictured below is but one example:
And paint is so environmentally friendly, right? Not to mention, think of all the union government jobs that will need to be created/maintained, just to keep up the paint, fix up patches, etc., while the maintenance trucks are out burning gasoline, creating pollution.
Shaking head......
“While each coasting could can last up to seven years . . .”
Who edits these stories?
In any event, the durability of the coatings seems tentative. I can’t image a coating lasting for years while being beaten daily by thousands of cars and trucks weighing tons.
Truly a silly idea. When my son was 13 he could have ran their road department better.
Now to go and put some carbon in the air.
I think that they should dig up all the asphalt and let it go back to natural. That is the most environmentally friendly way.
Every greasy dirty black rubber tire that rolls down that street will leave its prints. I dare them to show a picture of that street a day AFTER this paint job was dry.
” -———reduced the temperature of roadways by up to 10 degrees.”
This could mean as little as 1 degree. Someone is making a ton of money on this.
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Nothing on their website says how it’s manufactured.
http://guardtop.com/products/
However, I still seem to recall that a lot of the chemicals to make polymers and paints are petrochemicals
Wonder what the increase in skin cancer/sun block usage will be for the neighborhood.
Why not use white concrete BECAUSE CA. is chock full of IDIOTS, I can say this because I unfortunately live here!!!!
Los Angeles paints its roads white* (that’s racist / sarc) while California gives 1,000,000+ CO2-exhaling illegal aliens driver’s licenses so that the illegals can drive vehicles that produce hot exhaust that also contains CO2.
More Than 1 Million Illegal Aliens Have Received California Driver’s Licenses
What’s wrong with this picture?
* "The project involves applying a light gray [emphasis added] coating of the product CoolSeal, made by the company GuardTop."
"....so the first night you drive down a road thats painted white obliterating the the double white lines indicating no passing could lead to interesting stories"
Having a Shaman do an adapted rain dance would be just as useful.
Who says civilization has advanced?
RE: Los Angeles painting city streets white in bid to combat climate change
If black does not help combat climate change and white does, there are all sorts of implications, some of which cannot be mentioned if you don’t want the “R” word thrown at you.
They will need to mandate white tires as black tires will change the road surface back to black.
Article says the coating passed traction standards
bet the trees near by will start dying due to reflective heat.
may do more damage to cars or anything else on the road or catching reflected heat close to the road.
Crooks wearing white hoodies just might be less noticeable.
https://www.theonion.com/los-angeles-painting-streets-white-to-offset-climate-ch-1819563740
The Onion called this last September.
With these liberals, it’s satire today, but reality tomorrow
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