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

Re:Los Angeles spending $40K/mile painting city streets whit... by mayneack on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:14PM (#16864095)

Depends on how well it works. If it actually brings down the temperature a noticeable amount in the summer, it might be offset by the saved air conditioning costs. LA gets some fun blackouts every summer from everyone using their AC at the same time. As a resident, I don't have any problem with the experiment.

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Re:Los Angeles spending $40K/mile painting city streets whit... by nodesocket on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:19PM (#16864115)

I used to live in southern California, and LA is just hot. Always has been, always will be. $40,000 per mile to paint roads white is a waste of taxpayer money that could otherwise be used for more fruitful causes and initiatives (food for the poor, infrastructure, healthcare, housing).

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Re:Los Angeles spending $40K/mile painting city streets whit... by mayneack on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:40PM (#16864191)

How long it has been hot seems irrelevant to the question of "will this make it less hot?". _IF_ this makes it less hot, it still _might_ be a waste of money, but it all depends on how much less hot.

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