Los Angeles is painting some streets...white!

[Gil Bang 25984]

 

[Pato del Muerto 52535]

First thoughts are nice idea, but how long until they are black from car emissions and tire wear, and that looks like a slick surface where tire grip might be compromised, especially in the rain. 

[G650 14271]

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

First thoughts are nice idea, but how long until they are black from car emissions and tire wear, and that looks like a slick surface where tire grip might be compromised, especially in the rain. 

I imagine they've added some grit to it like all street paint.

 

But yeah, that shit will be black with a quickness.

[bolverk 29695]

That's really badass and a great idea, but I can well imagine it looking like shit in a matter of no time. 

[YChang 3455]

Hopefully this spurs some chemist somewhere to innovate on longer lasting paint then.

[davidg 4038]

12 minutes ago, G650 said:

But yeah, that shit will be black with a quickness.

16 YO DavidG would be leaving long black streaks from power braking on that paint.

[miguelito 11266]

Some folks are doing this with roofs, also.  Same idea.

[Trey3216 15350]

What'll be funny is when the data comes back to show a higher level urban heat island (think higher in the lower atmosphere) from reflecting the rays above, and then it will begin to truly affect climate.    Law of unintended consequences and such  

[LonghornJones 837]

But what if tires were white too?

[BigDHornfan 6549]

5 minutes ago, LonghornJones said:

But what if tires were white too?

[crash_davis 23114]

so will these streets commit less crime?

 

i keed, i keed.

[bschoolprof 6271]

cool idea.  Hope it works.  

[Wally Fairway 5571]

It is such a great idea that they should find a way to make the yards white and the trees ..... oh wait, we do that here in Michigan for 1/2 the year, and we call it snow. All that reflected sunlight tends to make it much colder here when there is snow on the ground than it is in the summer.

 

I'm with Trey on this one, can't wait to see what the unintended consequences are.

[Telegraph_it 3358]

52 minutes ago, YChang said:

Hopefully this spurs some chemist somewhere to innovate on longer lasting paint then.

Dr. John O'Mara Bockris is just the chemist for the job. 

Edited November 15, 2018 by Telegraph_it

[SHOOTER12 8814]

My first guess was that it would be easier to spot blood splatter from shootings.  (jk)

It reminds me of the Cooldeck coating they used on all of our concrete pool decking.  That stuff is awesome, it can be so hot you can't walk on the concrete steps or flagstone bare footed, but the Cooldeck coating is cool as can be.  

Like a couple of other posters mentioned previously, I don't know how long it will take them to look like hell with oil stains, tire marks etc.  and really how durable is that stuff.

[RPM 26328]

It will be covered in graffiti long before it turns black.

[Trey3216 15350]

1 minute ago, RPM said:

It will be covered in graffiti long before it turns black.

[Bigbend1812 12928]

Get your sun glasses on for that snow blindness. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

Growing up we did our part to fight global warming.

[El Diablo 4232]

38 minutes ago, LonghornJones said:

But what if tires were white too?

Will the city ask that the black tires stay off of their nice white streets?

[ztejas 43524]

Gentrification getting out of hand. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

9 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

It reminds me of the Cooldeck coating they used on all of our concrete pool decking.  That stuff is awesome, it can be so hot you can't walk on the concrete steps or flagstone bare footed, but the Cooldeck coating is cool as can be.  

CS,B

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

No thanks. I like my streets black...like my men

[wood 11230]

2 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

What'll be funny is when the data comes back to show a higher level urban heat island (think higher in the lower atmosphere) from reflecting the rays above, and then it will begin to truly affect climate.    Law of unintended consequences and such  

This was my first thought too...

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 hours ago, YChang said:

Hopefully this spurs some chemist somewhere to innovate on longer lasting paint then.

Just add lead to the paint....... wait....

[HornOnTheBayou 8942]

Will the streets be renamed Katellyyn (with two y's) St and Brecklynne Drive?

[bolverk 29695]

I'm curious what the temperature difference is between using asphalt (black) and concrete (gray) for streets.

[Beau Vine 54319]

3 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

First thoughts are nice idea, but how long until they are black from car emissions and tire wear, and that looks like a slick surface where tire grip might be compromised, especially in the rain. 

It never rains in Southern California.  

But girl, don't they warn you.

It pours, man, it pours.

[MissingInAction 25131]

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

Nice when a city tries out a pilot program on something that has potential benefits but could possibly fail.  Too many times upper management is only are willing to try something that is proven.  Then they pat themselves on the back for being innovative.

[deadshank 24653]

Meh.  The City of Houston fell prey to the influence of one particular roofing contractor when he approached them with the idea of mandating solar reflective roof membranes on all commerical low-slope roofing applications. 

Houston, specifically inside the loop, is a heat island and solar reflective roofing would help alleviate the problem.  The CoH completely bought into  the program and pretty much overnight updated their building codes stating any commercial property with a low-slope roof built or re-roofed within the city limits would be required to use a solar reflective (WHITE) roof typically coming in the form of TPO, PVC or specific types of modified bitumen membranes.

All of the big commercial contractors (Marton, Antex, Charter, etc.) freaked out.  They were so heavily invested in the built -up roofing sytems (multiple plies fiberglass ply sheets, asphalt and gravel covering and NOT thermal reflective) they literally screamed at the guy that gave them the news at a big  roofing contractors association meeting to go over the new building codes.  These guys lost their minds over the deal:  red-faced, spittle flying out of their mouths, shaking their fists, etc.  

The fly in the ointment for solar reflective roofs and what makes them ineffective is when they get dirty they no longer reflect and are rendered useless.  No one thought of that or that fact was ignored.  In the end the solar reflective roofs are here to stay, dirty or clean.

So.....I guess someone is going to have to go clean the roads.

Edited November 15, 2018 by deadshank

[GringoSalado 1651]

2 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

All that reflected sunlight tends to make it much colder here when there is snow on the ground than it is in the summer.

 

True but it is much colder in Michigan than it is in the summer.

[Trey3216 15350]

11 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Nice when a city tries out a pilot program on something that has potential benefits but could possibly fail.  Too many times upper management is only are willing to try something that is proven.  Then they pat themselves on the back for being innovative.

I mean, they did try the floating balls in water retention ponds trick.   That was employed on all their drinking water reservoirs and is now being removed from them all.    Apparently they cost $.36/e.   Billions of them were made.   

 

I guess we’ll see 

[Brisketexan 105180]

Look, all I'm saying is that if they do this on MLK boulevard, they'll probably catch some shit.

I don't know if that will be right or wrong, I'm just calling it before it happens.

[SHOOTER12 8814]

21 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

I mean, they did try the floating balls in water retention ponds trick.   That was employed on all their drinking water reservoirs and is now being removed from them all.    Apparently they cost $.36/e.   Billions of them were made.   

 

I guess we’ll see 

Okay I'm going to need a little more info on this one. I've never heard of that before what the hell was that supposed to accomplish?

[Digdogger 1344]

This is a great idea, it'll make spotting the homeless people's turds on the street a lot easier so it will stopped getting stuck in everyone's tires

[bolverk 29695]

19 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

Okay I'm going to need a little more info on this one. I've never heard of that before what the hell was that supposed to accomplish?

If I recall correctly, a shit-ton of balls floating on a reservoir's surface supposedly slows evaporation. I could be making that up though.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

4 minutes ago, bolverk said:

If I recall correctly, a shit-ton of balls floating on a reservoir's surface supposedly slows evaporation. I could be making that up though.

You’re right that they’re using shade balls (google it) but I don’t think they’re removing them.

[Brisketexan 105180]

5 minutes ago, bolverk said:

If I recall correctly, a shit-ton of balls floating on a reservoir's surface supposedly slows evaporation. I could be making that up though.

Shade dodecahedrons are the way to go.  Seriously.

[Your Mom 4828]

They went originally went black and then went back?  I was told this doesn't happen.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

Are the stripes still yellow in Chinatown?

[Incredulity 11679]

Sherwin Williams is excited.

[RDCanecutter 26458]

2 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Will the streets be renamed Katellyyn (with two y's) St and Brecklynne Drive?

The streets will feel compelled to tell you how they are descended from Robert the Bruce. When you counter that everyone is descended from Robert the Bruce, they will stare at you for a beat, then repeat "But we really are descended from Robert the Bruce."

[bolverk 29695]

17 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

The streets will feel compelled to tell you how they are descended from Robert the Bruce. When you counter that everyone is descended from Robert the Bruce, they will stare at you for a beat, then repeat "But we really are descended from Robert the Bruce."

As someone of partial Irish descent, I'm pretty confident in my claim on William de Burgh.

[El Diablo 4232]

Black balls talk not going away. 

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-shade-balls-water-quality.html

[hayden_horn 11364]

5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Look, all I'm saying is that if they do this on MLK boulevard, they'll probably catch some shit.

I don't know if that will be right or wrong, I'm just calling it before it happens.

just wait until they try and whitewash manchaca.

oh. wait.

[BNB 100]

In the future, will windshields have a dark mode?

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

So I painted part of the outside of my house white.  Doing my part.  

[atomheartbevo 89758]

18 hours ago, El Diablo said:

Will the city ask that the black tires stay off of their nice white streets?

Ironically, the first tires (only rubber) were white.  But pure rubber doesn't hold up to wear-and-tear very well.

[Wally Fairway 5571]

10 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

just wait until they try and whitewash manchaca.

oh. wait.

I believe that is now spelled with 2 y's