Posted on 04/10/2018 1:27:38 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
In the race to combat climate change, the city of Los Angeles is employing a surprising new tactic — covering its streets in a grayish-white coating known as CoolSeal.
It’s sprayed onto the roadway with trucks, then spread across the surface with squeegees. However, its impact extends far beyond the edge of the pavement.
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.
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.
The innovative sealcoat is admittedly very pricey, with L.A. reportedly footing a $40,000 bill for every mile it “paints.” But advocates say its benefits may just be priceless.
(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...
Idiocy.
How long before Mexifornia acknowledges that like the p*ssy hats, this is RACIST?
LA is majority Hispanic, majority illegals on the dole and they’re wasting money on plasticizer over WHITE concrete roadbeds.
unbelievable
OOOOOOh! That’s so racist. And what color will they make the line striping.
No kidding, these people have gone mad.
How millions of VOCs are they putting into the atmosphere with this coating? How many months of wear will an average street get before needed to recoat — at taxpayer expense?
Just like ethanol, is sounds good, and liberals FEEL good about themselves for “doing something”, but I’m willing to bet it counterproductive to the environment, not to mention a complete and utter waste because... globull warming.
All I can think of is the biblical reference where God gave them over to the foolishness in their heart...
With any luck, it’s lead-based white paint.
All the brown skinned people in Los Angeles are absorbing the heat and causing temperatures to rise. If the people of Los Angeles really cared, the y would get rid of the brown skinned (Illegals) people.
So they got money for that but not the pot holes
| Type of Roadway | Miles |
|---|---|
| Interstate | 313 |
| Other Freeways & Expressways | 206 |
| Principal Arterial | 1,958 |
| Minor Arterial | 2,875 |
| Major Collector | 2,931 |
| Minor Collector | 335 |
| Local | 14,525 |
| Total Maintained Miles | 23,142 |
23,000 miles * $40,000/mile = $920,000,000.
Assume the stuff lasts a year -- that's a cool $1 BILLION per year to do this lunacy on every road in the county.
No Problemo! Californians should be PROUD to paint their roads white. I'm sure there's nothing else that this money could be spent on.
With any luck, it’s lead-based white paint.
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Can’t wait to hear the unintended consequences!!! Were these the same guys that wanted to float little black balls on all the reservoirs to prevent evaporation?
https://www.theonion.com/los-angeles-painting-streets-white-to-offset-climate-ch-1819563740
The Onion was on top of this, last September.
Just like the Muzzie Mayor of London, with banning knives.
This is satire today and reality, tomorrow.
Just think of all the positive effects on Global Warming if they mandate that all black-colored rifles be painted white!!!!
And it will zuck up all the autonomous vehicles.
Psst...spread the word ZUCK...it’s the polite version of Fuckerberg.
MORONS!
If you want to be prepared for the Little Ice Age now appearing more and more likely each week, I’d URGE you to watch AT LEAST the first 5 minutes of the video at the link at the BOTTOM.
If you believe, as I do, that food or food PRICES MAY become a problem up the road, you might want to do some stocking up of non-perishable canned or dried foods.
And if you do want to be ready for some “problems”, the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QvXJr3VdVI
will save you a pot full of money. There are other similar videos out there that may make you more comfortable.
Here’s the video about what’s happening with the weather:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMDUUNkltCc&t=652s
THIS MESSAGE HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY ALGORE!
Ummm do they HAVE a billion semolians at this point? Can’t imagine their credit is very good.
Rainbow, no doubt.
In truth the practice has merit even if their reasons for doing so are bunk. It will help keep streets cooler.
Why don’t they just use concrete and rebar? It’s light in color.
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