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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:31 AM Original message |
Obama's climate guru: Paint your roof white! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Didn't someone invent Solar Paint? Wonder if it can come in white. I'd think sod roofs |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. fantastic, thanks for the info |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. ok, so what do we do in the winter? Paint it black? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. When a Nobel Laureate appears to make a comment you find incredibly stupid, you need to dig in a bit... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. I worked with a Nobel Laureate for a while... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Fantastic. But that really isn't the issue here. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. It's precisely the issue here. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 06:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. You've launched off on a tangent brought on by sloppy reporting. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. My point being that Nobel Prize winners aren't immune to flawed thinking. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 06:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Right. But when you repeat that he suggests painting asphalt shingles when he does not, ... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. ... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Chu has not said that we should "paint" roofs white, but rather that we should |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. in a week the story has gone from paint your roof white to make your roof white. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. The RW ridiculed this when it first was news |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Sounds like their idiotic whining over "properly inflating your tires". |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. Steven Chu is just pointing out what EnergyStar has always said |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Irving TX was doing that when I lived |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Painted roofs are shit and a waste of space. You should have green roofs instead with plants, OK? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Try doing that with a high-slope roof |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Chu never uses the word paint. That was put in by the OP who needs to |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Did you actually read the linked article? The word "paint" appears in the article SIX TIMES. |
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shanejfilomena (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. deflected radiation that could be taken avantage of... |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm sure people in Maine, Alaska, Minnesota |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Nah, our roofs are covered with white snow in the winter, makes no difference! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. And I am quite sure that Chu has suggested NO SUCH THING for cold |
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lilyreally (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. Interesting. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But black cars, black cars look better in the shade. n/m |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. We should be putting photovoltaic and/or thermal solar power systems on roofs. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. For those without the money to install solar PV, light-colored shingles |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Please do show us where Chu says to "paint" existing roofs white. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Did you read the headline of the article which was linked? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. OP is wrong; Chu didn't say that. FYI, my roof is made of Energy Star Timberline white shingles... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. I have the light grey metal roof |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. When we reroofed, we used a light colored shingle to cut costs |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. Mildly off topic, but what is going to happen when we have hundreds of square miles of solar panels? |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. put PV cells on your roof and disconnect from the power grid |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. quote |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. How often is this shit going to happen? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. Colorado requires all new schools be built to LEED standards. |
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