On 3/28/2013 6:07 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Metspitzer wrote:
The idea of painting roads and rooftops white in order to combat
carbon emissions has been around for years. It is surprisingly simple
and effective and yet has not been implemented much.

A study at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that cooler
pavement and roofs leads to cooler cities and an overall cooler world.


Could very well be true, but your HOUSE will look like ****!

Soot and other particulates will stand out on a white roof. Look around your
neighborhood - do you see any white or light-colored roofs? Well, why not?
And for those you DO find that are somewhat less than dark, don't they look
ghastly?

Heck, you don't have to look at the roof; look at your very own brick work.
Do you think that black mess GREW there? You know, the stuff you have to
power-wash off every few years.

Yuck!

A white roof may very well be useful atop a 27-story office building but for
a one or two-story residence, forget it.


locality. in my neighborhood, every house with a flat roof (about 75% of
all houses) is painted white.