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ihaveaquestion

(4,108 posts) Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:24 AM Jul 27

How to Lower Temperatures in Cities for Next to Nothing How to Fix it with John Avlon

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How to Lower Temperatures in Cities for Next to Nothing How to Fix it with John Avlon (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Jul 27 OP

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

Where I Rebl2 Jul 28 #6

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

marble falls

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1. Coat all roofs with a white covering. Put more trees in parking lots.

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:33 AM

Jul 27

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,273 posts)

4. Barium paint!

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 10:40 PM

Jul 27

If you have time for an interesting video on the subject:

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marble falls

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5. Here's one product I played around with for fire resistant coating on a product ...

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:37 AM

Jul 28

https://www.envirocoatingsusa.com/ceramic-insulcoat-roof/

Rebl2

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6. Where I

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 10:06 AM

Jul 28

live, many places with large parking lots do have trees, but they aren’t large trees and usually not well taken care of.

marble falls

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

Reply to Rebl2 (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 06:12 PM

Jul 28

... concrete or asphalt.

BadgerKid

(4,908 posts)

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.

Wonder Why

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

Reply to BadgerKid (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 10:04 PM

Jul 27

all the time that I put up a sign "Lot Full". Now, if only one of those trees would move, I can park my bushes there.

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