Save the World W/ White … response
Interesting. Just remember … I recently learned there is a difference between “cool roof” technology and simply having white/light roofs. It has to do w/ the emissivity. I see a lot of like EDPM type or hypalon ‘white’ roofs, but I guess a “cool roof” takes this a step further.
I’m assuming the white roof thing reduces cooling load and that is where the savings in greenhouse gas come from (not operating cooling systems).
While this is great stuff … most people won’t talk about the best way to reduce greenhouse gases … population control. That’s sacred ground.
A huge resource of reducing greenhouse gas is the resource called energy conservation for there is so much energy that is wasted (used for no practical purpose whatsoever). Think of it … go through all the efforts of building power plants to provide electricity … and then literally throwing it into the proverbial garbage can … do absolutely nothing with it.
This happens a LOT with products. Think of all the product material produced, shipped, consumed (or not) and then simply thrown away. Daily I seem to take paper someone took a lot of money and energy to produce and without even looking at it … throw it (into my recycle bin; but many don’t even do that). Rent the video “An Inconvenient Truth” … very compelling. Notwithstanding the criticisizm that Gore is a bit of a hipocrit, you can’t change the science and the solid message this sends.
Or watch the video at this site: Dr. Albert Bartlett’s lecture to a <!—-><!—-> <!—->University<!—-> of <!—->Colorado<!—-> <!—-> class: <!—-> <!—-> <!—->http://globalpublicmedia.com/dr_albert_bartlett_arithmetic_population_and_energy
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Edited 9/11/2008 5:20 am ET by Clewless1
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If you wanted to respond, why didn't you just reply to the thread instead of starting a new one?
It didn't give me the option for some reason .... there was no button for me to push ... Have no idea why.
If this is th emiddle of another conversation, how 'bout a link to it.
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One message ... "Save the Wrold w/ White" I think.
Discussed the topic of white roofs and the impact on emissions and eluded to the topic of heat islands (I think that is the right term).
For some odd reason the 'reply' button didn't show up, so I simply created a similar title as a response. I'm like the Wizard of Oz ... I use it ... but I don't know how it works.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=109623.1I got this article on LA times - I thought it would be provocative enough for a bigger response.Put on only white roofs, save the world!Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CAAlso a CRX fanatic!
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