Comments on: Chu: Paint World White For G Warming http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:59:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: proreason http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148177 proreason Thu, 28 May 2009 14:27:45 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148177 Not to defend the green cultists, but I think the idea with painting the roofs is to reduce the a/c usage, which reduces the burning of fossil fuels which creates the poison co2 that we all exhale in order to live. I don't think the warmist nut is saying anything about reflected heat. Reflecting it doesn't diminish or increase the heat. It may concentrate it on your eyeball, which personally I am not looking forward to, but reflecting it won't change the amount of energy. Not to defend the green cultists, but I think the idea with painting the roofs is to reduce the a/c usage, which reduces the burning of fossil fuels which creates the poison co2 that we all exhale in order to live.

I don’t think the warmist nut is saying anything about reflected heat. Reflecting it doesn’t diminish or increase the heat. It may concentrate it on your eyeball, which personally I am not looking forward to, but reflecting it won’t change the amount of energy.

]]> By: wirenut http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148155 wirenut Thu, 28 May 2009 04:55:16 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148155 Colonel, perhaps the Mrs. could also advise on floral prints or stripes. My house is fashion challenged. Thanks! Colonel, perhaps the Mrs. could also advise on floral prints or stripes. My house is fashion challenged. Thanks!

]]> By: Liberals Make Great Speedbumps http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148154 Liberals Make Great Speedbumps Thu, 28 May 2009 04:52:19 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148154 I thought one of the major constituents of "Global Warming" (or whatever they're calling it this week) was heat being trapped in the atmosphere by excess "greenhouse" gasses. Is it just me or would reflecting even more heat back into the atmosphere greatly exacerbate the problem? I thought one of the major constituents of “Global Warming” (or whatever they’re calling it this week) was heat being trapped in the atmosphere by excess “greenhouse” gasses. Is it just me or would reflecting even more heat back into the atmosphere greatly exacerbate the problem?

]]> By: Liberals Make Great Speedbumps http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148153 Liberals Make Great Speedbumps Thu, 28 May 2009 04:48:06 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148153 Such impeccable taste Mrs. Colonel has I must say! Such impeccable taste Mrs. Colonel has I must say!

]]> By: Colonel1961 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148152 Colonel1961 Thu, 28 May 2009 04:31:25 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148152 Mrs. Colonel says white roofs are allowed after Easter and to repaint them dark by Labor Day - anything else would be tacky... Mrs. Colonel says white roofs are allowed after Easter and to repaint them dark by Labor Day – anything else would be tacky…

]]> By: Douglas http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148149 Douglas Thu, 28 May 2009 02:48:37 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148149 Well, the tiles on my roof are kind of a gray with a bit of moss color. They're 80 years old and I'm going to have to replace them in the next 20 years, but given I spent about $100 cooling last summer and $5000 heating, I'm not particularly interested in going with a lighter color. :-) Well, the tiles on my roof are kind of a gray with a bit of moss color. They’re 80 years old and I’m going to have to replace them in the next 20 years, but given I spent about $100 cooling last summer and $5000 heating, I’m not particularly interested in going with a lighter color. :-)

]]> By: wirenut http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148147 wirenut Thu, 28 May 2009 02:09:24 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148147 Mr.Chu could learn a thing or two about whitewashing from a couple of youngsters from Missouri. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Haw! I need a grant to study shingling and siding my house with mirrors. I'm all for conserving energy, but I would like to stifle stupidity. Mr.Chu could learn a thing or two about whitewashing from a couple of youngsters from Missouri.
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Haw! I need a grant to study shingling and siding my house with mirrors. I’m all for conserving energy, but I would like to stifle stupidity.

]]> By: proreason http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148144 proreason Thu, 28 May 2009 01:32:00 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148144 From Rush's show today from his website: "this. Well, I don't know the website. I apologize for that. It looks like it's a National Review website but I'm not sure. The author of this is Greg Pollowitz. "It turns out that three huge proponents of the idea to paint the town white are former colleagues of Secretary Chu from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and <b>they're looking for their share of stimulus loot.</b> Why does LBNL need to share in the stimulus funding, exactly? How complicated can the proposal be? Buy paint. Buy rollers. Paint roof." Why do you need a whole lot of money for this? But they are looking for grants, and this is the dirty little secret, ladies and gentlemen, of the entire environmentalist wacko movement. The proponents, be they from science, be they from the lay community, are all looking " what a shock From Rush’s show today from his website:

“this. Well, I don’t know the website. I apologize for that. It looks like it’s a National Review website but I’m not sure. The author of this is Greg Pollowitz. “It turns out that three huge proponents of the idea to paint the town white are former colleagues of Secretary Chu from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and they’re looking for their share of stimulus loot. Why does LBNL need to share in the stimulus funding, exactly? How complicated can the proposal be? Buy paint. Buy rollers. Paint roof.” Why do you need a whole lot of money for this? But they are looking for grants, and this is the dirty little secret, ladies and gentlemen, of the entire environmentalist wacko movement. The proponents, be they from science, be they from the lay community, are all looking ”

what a shock

]]> By: MinnesotaRush http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148129 MinnesotaRush Thu, 28 May 2009 00:28:52 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148129 The o-blah-blah gangs way of "spreadin' the sunlight around". The o-blah-blah gangs way of “spreadin’ the sunlight around”.

]]> By: JohnMG http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148109 JohnMG Wed, 27 May 2009 21:40:55 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148109 Paint your automobile tires white AFTER you've inflated them. Otherwise.......... And I thought white ANYTHING was bad--racist, even! Paint your automobile tires white AFTER you’ve inflated them. Otherwise……….

And I thought white ANYTHING was bad–racist, even!

]]> By: canary http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148101 canary Wed, 27 May 2009 20:14:05 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148101 pdsand, you got it on the fumes and chemicals. No one does anything about chemicals added to everything. Everything scented is chemcials, splashless clorox, sparkles in toothpaste. Mold. Houses need to breath. New cancers, breathing problems. What goes up, must come down. Might end up like the Middle-East. Days burning hot, nights freezing cold. White buildings pdsand, you got it on the fumes and chemicals. No one does anything about chemicals added to everything. Everything scented is chemcials, splashless clorox, sparkles in toothpaste. Mold. Houses need to breath.
New cancers, breathing problems. What goes up, must come down. Might end up like the Middle-East. Days burning hot, nights freezing cold. White buildings

]]> By: crosspatch http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148099 crosspatch Wed, 27 May 2009 20:06:05 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148099 Not reflective. The silver paints don't work. WHITE is the answer and the type with the ceramic insulation even better. The elastomeric coatings last a very long time and protect the shingles underneath from aging as well. If the coating is maintained, a roof could last for practically ever. Not reflective. The silver paints don’t work. WHITE is the answer and the type with the ceramic insulation even better. The elastomeric coatings last a very long time and protect the shingles underneath from aging as well. If the coating is maintained, a roof could last for practically ever.

]]> By: pdsand http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148087 pdsand Wed, 27 May 2009 18:39:21 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148087 I wonder what deleterious effect on the environment all that paint and the fumes associated with it would have. Plus how much of it gets washed down the drain in laundry/handwashing? That's on top of the effect on the insect population from bugs flying into wet paint. That would have a ripple effect on the entire food chain. I wonder if migratory birds would be tricked off their regular flight path by the sudden change in color of an entire city's rooftops and roadways? This paint would surely have to be produced from something, so there is probably CO2 emissions associated with that process. Plus the depletion of the natural resources that make up the paint would be devastating. I wonder what deleterious effect on the environment all that paint and the fumes associated with it would have. Plus how much of it gets washed down the drain in laundry/handwashing?
That’s on top of the effect on the insect population from bugs flying into wet paint. That would have a ripple effect on the entire food chain.
I wonder if migratory birds would be tricked off their regular flight path by the sudden change in color of an entire city’s rooftops and roadways?
This paint would surely have to be produced from something, so there is probably CO2 emissions associated with that process.
Plus the depletion of the natural resources that make up the paint would be devastating.

]]> By: Enthalpy http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148085 Enthalpy Wed, 27 May 2009 18:28:12 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148085 This guy won a Nobel Prize in what? The benefits of white roofs and the general rejection of heat are obvious, but this? Can Professor Chu be identified by the tinfoil hat he wears when they let him outside on Thursdays? This guy won a Nobel Prize in what? The benefits of white roofs and the general rejection of heat are obvious, but this? Can Professor Chu be identified by the tinfoil hat he wears when they let him outside on Thursdays?

]]> By: wirenut http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148084 wirenut Wed, 27 May 2009 18:20:17 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148084 Pop Quiz Time! Circle the color of these items and judge if color is a factor, when left out in the sun. Snow and ice at the earth's poles: white/other? Cottage Cheese: white/other? Polar Bears: white/other? Sta-Puff Marshmallow Man: white/other? Barry: white/other? I'm all confused. Pop Quiz Time!
Circle the color of these items and judge if color is a factor, when left out in the sun.
Snow and ice at the earth’s poles: white/other?
Cottage Cheese: white/other?
Polar Bears: white/other?
Sta-Puff Marshmallow Man: white/other?
Barry: white/other?
I’m all confused.

]]> By: proreason http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148083 proreason Wed, 27 May 2009 18:18:14 +0000 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/chu-paint-world-white-for-g-warming#comment-148083 What % did it reduce your a/c bills by? I've looked into the relective paints and foils you can have sprayed inside roofs and after removing the hype, have always found the payback isn't that great if you have the work performed professionally....around a decade. Which may not even be the life of the product. I don't doubt that they help, but I do question whether the ROI is worth it. The same might be true of paint on the outside. Professor Chu doesn't care a whit about cost effectiveness. He's a zealot. No price is too high. What % did it reduce your a/c bills by?

I’ve looked into the relective paints and foils you can have sprayed inside roofs and after removing the hype, have always found the payback isn’t that great if you have the work performed professionally….around a decade. Which may not even be the life of the product. I don’t doubt that they help, but I do question whether the ROI is worth it.

The same might be true of paint on the outside.

Professor Chu doesn’t care a whit about cost effectiveness. He’s a zealot. No price is too high.

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