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California May Reduce Carbon Emissions By Banning Black Cars
Legislation may by 2016 restrict the paint color options for California residents looking for a new car. Black and all dark hues are currently on the banned list. The California Air Resources Board says that the climate control systems of dark-colored cars need to work harder than their lighter siblings — especially after sitting in the sun for a few hours.
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Athiesm is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Mythbusters did a bit about this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(season_3)#Biscuit_Bazooka_Spinoff
Now mind you, it only came out to a 9 degree F difference, windows up etc., so really it's not particularly significant, and the law's still dumb.
--Not to be worried, Pitr fix.
The problem, according to the article, is that the paint makers haven't been able to make "black" paint that meets those requirements.
In a black car, you have to roll the windows down further to keep it cool. That means more drag on the motion, and the engine has to work harder, resulting in more pollution, and an increased consumption of fuel.
now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
Actually the Republicans are the one thing keeping this state from going completely bankrupt. Thank goodness for the required 2/3rds majority to raise taxes, or else the Democrats would probably be taxing us all at 50% to fund their bloated, useless, and dysfunctional programs. Not that that stopped them in the end, they just decided to call their new taxes "fees" to get around the constitution. Damned lawyers.
While I vehemently oppose nearly all of CA Republicans' stances on social issues, at least they are true fiscal conservatives unlike the Republicans in the US congress. Hey CA Democrats, how about tightening your belt in a recession and cutting all those pet projects that are going nowhere? That's what the rest of us have to do.
The legislation is not dictating color. Rather, it dictates that cars need to reflect at least 20% of all solar radiation, and the paint suppliers are having trouble coming up with a black paint that does that. If the suppliers can't get it going, CA may back down. CA has done that with other auto energy-efficiency legislation before.