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BadgerKid

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2. They correctly cite urban heat islands.

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:54 AM

Jul 27

I would like to see more green and solar panels on roofs. (Larger companies have done solar panels.) Short of those, white-painted roofs would reflect radiation. (Ever wonder why southern California paints water heaters black and mounts them on the roof?) Green parking lots, as others mention, would have direct and indirect benefits.

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Coat all roofs with a white covering. Put more trees in parking lots. marble falls Jul 27 #1

Barium paint! Hassin Bin Sober Jul 27 #4

Here's one product I played around with for fire resistant coating on a product ... marble falls Jul 28 #5

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Here in Austin, I can show quite few parking lots that left mature oaks stand and they put down gravel instead of ... marble falls Jul 28 #7

They correctly cite urban heat islands. BadgerKid Jul 27 #2

We already have a lot of green parking lots. In fact, there's one behind my place. And it is full Wonder Why Jul 27 #3