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ihaveaquestion

(3,881 posts) Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:24 AM Sunday

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 Sunday OP

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

Barium paint! Hassin Bin Sober Sunday #4

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

Where I Rebl2 Monday #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 Monday #7

They correctly cite urban heat islands. BadgerKid Sunday #2

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

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Hassin Bin Sober

(27,177 posts)

4. Barium paint!

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 10:40 PM

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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

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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

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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

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... concrete or asphalt.

BadgerKid

(4,876 posts)

2. They correctly cite urban heat islands.

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:54 AM

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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

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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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