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Re:LA is dumping millions of plastic balls into its reservoi... by DonHopkins on Thursday August 13, 2015 @04:50AM (#10052881)
That's what I thought, too. Shiny silver balls would reflect even more light, and look super-cool!
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Re:LA is dumping millions of plastic balls into its reservoi... by easytiger on Thursday August 13, 2015 @05:18AM (#10052987)
Being balls, they would also reflect that light into the water
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Re:LA is dumping millions of plastic balls into its reservoi... by legulere on Thursday August 13, 2015 @06:41AM (#10053230)
Actually white balls probably would be better. What you normally reach with specular reflection is around 80% reflectivity. With diffuse reflection (white colour) you can get into the 99.x% range much more easily.
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Re:LA is dumping millions of plastic balls into its reservoi... by fyolnish on Thursday August 13, 2015 @05:01AM (#10052919)
And they'd sink
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Re:LA is dumping millions of plastic balls into its reservoi... by DanBC on Thursday August 13, 2015 @05:05AM (#10052936)
Why would they sink?
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