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Agschmid

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14. Here we go.. pretty good source I think.

Tue Feb 12, 2013, 05:50 PM

Feb 2013

Energy Secretary Steven Chu, among others, has urged Americans to paint their roofs white to reflect sunlight skyward, on the theory that this will help cool off cities and fight climate change. But Stanford University researchers have tried to quantify, for the first time, how much cities, or "heat islands," actually contribute to global warming, and they've concluded that the well-intentioned practice of whitewashing the tops of buildings might do more harm than good.

http://theweek.com/article/index/221083/can-white-roofs-really-reduce-global-warming

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Post your big idea... [View all] Agschmid Feb 2013 OP

big ideas hfojvt Feb 2013 #1

Good journal posts thanks for sharing. N/t Agschmid Feb 2013 #4

I suppose my "big idea" is more of a vision kentauros Feb 2013 #2

Very cool idea! Agschmid Feb 2013 #3

Can't we all just get along? pscot Feb 2013 #5

Love the idea... Agschmid Feb 2013 #9

White roofing and driveways Iwasthere Feb 2013 #6

I need a link to a source for this have never heard it. N/t Agschmid Feb 2013 #10

I don't have a link kentauros Feb 2013 #12

Here we go.. pretty good source I think. Agschmid Feb 2013 #14

Single. Payer. Nonprofit. Healthcare. leftstreet Feb 2013 #7

Continue to fight for single payer health insurance kairos12 Feb 2013 #8

To stop promising to fix education every election cycle and actually fix it. chowder66 Feb 2013 #11

Lesser of two evils. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #13