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    Black cars are to be banned

    http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/sh...e-of-blac.html

    News that California may ban the sale of black cars for climate protection reasons raised the hackles of many a petrolhead yesterday.

    At the root of the stir was a presentation (pdf) by the Environmental Protection Agency's Air Resources Board (CARB).

    The Cool Paints initiative suggests that the state should set a minimum level of reflectivity for all car paints and windows.

    More reflective vehicles, goes the idea, could stay up to 10 °C cooler in the sunshine state - this in turn could reduce the need to have air conditioning on and thereby cut greenhouse-gas emissions.


    God give me strength.

    #2
    Well there must be a good reason why white cars are more popular in Mediterranean countries, seems logical to me.

    Every little helps™
    Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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      #3
      What about really dark blue?
      Bored.

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        #4
        What about metalic black cars?
        Just call me Matron - Too many handbags

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          #5
          Then the US Army will just have to paint all their stealth planes a fetching shade of pink
          Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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            #6
            Back when Landrovers were proper vehicles you could get a "Sunroof" for them. It was basically a second roof that fitted above the original with a gap of about an inch between them. This kept the sun off the real roof and when moving generated a flow of air through the gap that cooled the interior.
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              #7
              Originally posted by DaveB View Post
              Back when Landrovers were proper vehicles you could get a "Sunroof" for them. It was basically a second roof that fitted above the original with a gap of about an inch between them. This kept the sun off the real roof and when moving generated a flow of air through the gap that cooled the interior.
              Wasn't that referred to as a 'Safari' roof?

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                #8
                Black cars banned??

                Isn't that racist?
                Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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                  #9
                  Maybe a component of tax related to the colour of your car and the climate where you live is in order.
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                  I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                  Originally posted by vetran
                  Urine is quite nourishing

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
                    Then the US Army will just have to paint all their stealth planes a fetching shade of pink
                    The French could still see them.


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