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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.
The problem, according to the article, is that the paint makers haven't been able to make "black" paint that meets those requirements.
And it sure is funny that when such laws are considered and/or enacted how a year or so later the industry magically manages to devise a solution. So for all the "controlling our lives" whining going on in this forum, CA has been a leader in forcing the industry to do things it should have done on its own but the "free market" failed to deliver. And this is why Socialism is not the evil everyone says it is...it can be a force for good, but nobody ever bothers mentioning that.
"We can categorically state we have not released man-eating badgers into the area." - UK military spokesman, July 2007