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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:08 AM Original message |
Paint it white |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Recommended...a sensible, easy, and inexpensive step in the right direction |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agreed, and if I can ever actually afford a home I will do it lol. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. When we re-roofed, we used lighter colored shingles & painted our house white |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. By the time I can afford a house we'll either be all solar panel roofs |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Can you paint asphalt shingles? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. That's what rain is for.. washing the dirt off |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. I used to work in this industry. Painting the roof white is a great idea except it can be blinding |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. There are paints available that reflect the infrared while not being glaringly white.. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. It was easier to walk on concrete than on asphalt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. asphalt is the worst.. especially in the desert |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. sounds like hell |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. Um, what about in the winter. All that is suddenly a bad thing. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. not necessarily.. snow is an insulator |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Ummm, yeah. No, lots of snow on the roof is also a very bad thing. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Not a lot of sunshine in the winter. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Another stunningly ill informed post from this poster. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. I suppose it's a decent stopgap until solar tiles are widespread. |
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