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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 26 2009, 07:19 PM (122 Views) | |
| XNavyGunner | Mar 26 2009, 07:19 PM Post #1 |
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In a move that will likely get California's consumers in a huff, impending legislation may soon restrict the paint color options for Golden State residents looking for their next new vehicle. The specific colors that are currently on the chopping block are all dark hues, with the worst offender seemingly the most innocuous color you could think of: Black. What could California possibly have against these colors, you ask? Apparently, the California Air Resources Board figures that the climate control systems of dark colored cars need to work harder than their lighter siblings – especially after sitting in the sun for a few hours. Anyone living in a hot, sunny climate will tell you that this assumption is accurate, of course. In fact, legislation already exists for buildings that has proven successful at reducing the energy consumption of skyscrapers. So, what's the crux of the problem... can't paint suppliers just come up with new, less heat-absorbent dark paints? According to Ward's, suppliers have reportedly been testing their pigments and processes to see if it's possible to meet CARB's proposed mandate of 20% solar reflectivity by 2016 with a phase-in period starting in 2012, and things aren't looking good. Apparently, when the proper pigments and chemicals are added to black paint, the resulting color is currently being referred to as "mud-puddle brown." That doesn't sound very attractive, now does it? Windshields, backlights and sunroofs are also slated to get reflective coatings starting in 2012. Source Ca. Where the inmates run the asylum. |
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| Isis | Mar 26 2009, 10:58 PM Post #2 |
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WTF thats not going to help anything .... |
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| The Mule | Mar 26 2009, 11:32 PM Post #3 |
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That's insane....one thing they REALLY ought to look at is blacktop...all these blacktop roads, highways, parking lots....USE FREAKIN WHITE CEMENT!!!! There..I'm better now.... |
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| The Mule | Mar 26 2009, 11:34 PM Post #4 |
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uh.....Gunner? Isn't that pretty much how Democracy works? |
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| StrmySummer | Mar 27 2009, 08:47 AM Post #5 |
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oh good grief......i think that's the silliest thing i've ever heard of.... |
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| LarryOldtimer | Mar 27 2009, 06:06 PM Post #6 |
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Hmmmm . . . carbonated beverages such as sparkling water, sodas and beer release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere . . . perhaps those CA nuts should ban those too. |
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| LarryOldtimer | Mar 27 2009, 06:12 PM Post #7 |
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I wrote a paper on exactly that when I was working in Transportation Planning in Caltrans back in about 1972. It wasn't well received. You would be amazed at the real pollutants that asphalt concrete emits. |
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