Los Angeles spending $40K/mile painting city streets white to combat climate chg

Re:Los Angeles spending $40K/mile painting city streets whit... by lykr0n on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:03PM (#16864049)

I remember a story where Phoenix painted a parking lot turquoise to try and do the same thing.

If you look past the cost, it's not a bad idea. Parts of LA are asphalt jungles, and this might be one way to relatively easily reduce the temperature.

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Re:Los Angeles spending $40K/mile painting city streets whit... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:14PM (#16864093)

> If you look past the cost, it's not a bad idea.

Depends how you feel about snow blindness.

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Re:Los Angeles spending $40K/mile painting city streets whit... by mitchty on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:53PM (#16864245)

Hopefully this stuff isn't as bad as snow and is more matte white versus shiny/reflective white.

The photos I found look like its more matte than new snow reflecting light into your eyes like a jj abrams movie.

Better photos here: https://www.demilked.com/white-streets-heat-climate-change-l...

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