According to one professor, we may be able to stop climate change if we used a new super white paint to cover the entire United States

Turns out all we may need to stop climate change is 139 billion gallons of super-duper white paint::According to one professor, we may be able to stop climate change if we used a new super white paint to cover the entire United States

  • astropenguin5@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    according to this the total land area of built up human development and infrastructure is also around 1%, seems a hell of a lot easier to mandate every building have a white roof. Especially considering most buildings have black roofs, it will be even more of a difference. Also will reduce energy consumption from AC because, as said in the article buildings panted with it have reduced need for cooling.

    Roads could also maybe be painted or have a whiter material used, might make it harder to drive though

    • Coolcoder360@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I think white roads could be a problem with snow, usually the only good way to find the road in a snowstorm is to look for the darkness, no darkness and you can’t tell the road from the ground covered in snow.