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Los Angeles is literally whitewashing its streets

Patriot Retort: Because Los Angeles has oodles of cash to spare, they’ve decided to cover many of their streets with a white asphalt sealant.

Yeah. They’re literally whitewashing the streets.

From the Daily Mail:

City officials in Los Angeles are on a quest to reduce the effects of climate change by painting some of its streets in a light-colored, heat-reducing sealcoat.

The product, called CoolSeal, is a ‘water-based asphalt emulsion sealcoat designed to reduce surface temperatures and help mitigate heat islands,’ the company website, GuardTop states.

And how much does this whitewashing cost?

Hang on to your eyewear.

27 Comments on Los Angeles is literally whitewashing its streets

  1. Heat reducing? White reflects heat back up. How does that reduce heat, except that the pavement may be cooler at night and not radiate. But during the day it will be hotter. Unless the sealant absorbs heat, in which case it will radiate heat at night.

    Am I missing something, or a leftists stupid?

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  2. YOU CAN’T EMBARRASS LIBERALS!! IT’S REALLY QUITE AMAZING AND ENTERTAINING!!!

    LEFTIST STUPIDITY HAS BEEN STIRRED TO THE TOP THANKS TO EL TRUMPO, AND THEIR ACHILLES HEEL HAS BEEN EXPOSED FOR NOV 2018!! BE LIKE AN ILLEGAL AND VOTE OFTEN!!!!!

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  3. Note to self – Pick up a few gallons of diesel tomorrow to ignite the annual ODJ Hogg roast and tire fire. Y’all are welcome to drop in if you’re in the neighborhood. Easy to find, just drive toward the massive black mushroom cloud.

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  4. The last time I drove in LA, dark pavement was the least of their problems. Roughest streets I’ve ever seen. Deferred maintenance. I guess they were saving up for white paint.

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  5. I’ve been to white sands missile range. It is something you need to experience. I could try to explain, but you wouldn’t in any way feel the effect of a white reflective surface in the middle of a desert.

    I doubt painting blacktop white for $40k/mile does anything more than make someone feel woke. But white rooftops do make buildings cooler.

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  6. Here in Central VA we have a large amusement park that is paved nearly entirely with “white” concrete…… One of the hottest places on fookin Earth in the Summer! MISERABLE!

    “Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell

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  7. I’m surprised such a progressive city as LA is going about this so wrong! The “right” way is to force all the private parking lot owners to spend the big bucks to paint THEIR pavement first. After the politicians obtain a financial interest in the pavement painting business, of course.

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  8. How dare they refuse to accept their responsibility for their fair share of heat from the sun?
    You can use it, but to put it back into the atmosphere is increasing the net heat in the skies over the city, allowing that heat to spread around making the entire globe hotter.
    Outlaw cars and make everybody walk, tear up the roads and plant grass

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  9. Two things;
    1. @ All Too Much “Blatant racism. #BLM” = Black Lanes Matter?
    2. Since they have so much money to spend on crap like this there is no reason for federal tax money to be sent their way. Especially highway funds, next thing ya’ know they’ll be talking crazy about going back to trains and…………
    Never mind.

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