It's ma Gud-damned right as an Amurican to destroy the planet Gud-dammit!
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > While the subject sounds trollish, it's rather serious. Environmental > fascism? Government control of thought and choice? Giving up freedoms for > security? Wait, not that one. It's giving up freedom for...? > > > http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/25/california-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-by-banning-black-cars/ > > 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. > > When we first heard of this issue, an internal debate immediately began as > to whether this might be an elaborate early April Fool's joke, but it > isn't. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:293027 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
