Not from The Onion

**Shek** · 04-04-2009, 20:02 PM

Although it sure does sound like it:

Quote:

http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blo...the-onion.html

Not the Onion
March 27, 2009, 11:39 am
A reader sent me this, and I was just floored. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is asking for legislation to ban black cars in California

Quote:

The California legislature is considering regulating the color of cars and reflectivity of paint to reduce the energy requirements to cool them. A presentation on the proposed legislation by the California Air Resources Board is below.

The problem isn’t the color per se, but the reflectivity of the paint overall. And dark colors just don’t reflect well, so they are likely out. “Jet black remains an issue,” says the report.

Anyone who’s ever entered a very hot car knows that it can be cooled down immediately by driving a few feet with the windows open, effectively neutralizing any color-caused heat issues before engaging the air conditioner. But whatever, black is evil.

Un-freaking-believable. This is what happens when you satisfy an emissions reduction goal (in this case CO2) via complex command-and-control legislation rather than simpler price mechanisms. Earlier, I told the story of how California adopted an increasingly sprawling CARB micro-management of their economy to reduce CO2 rather than implementing earlier proposals for a simple carbon tax.

Robert W · 04-04-2009, 20:19 PM

Quote:

The problem isn’t the color per se, but the reflectivity of the paint overall. And dark colors just don’t reflect well, so they are likely out. “Jet black remains an issue,” says the report

Has the magnetic field of the Earth flipped and we are just finding out...

Mobbme · 04-05-2009, 03:45 AM

I refuse to buy a non-black car.

dave lukins · 04-05-2009, 04:14 AM

Isn't Mr Presidents new car jet black? Will he be banned from California?

gunnut · 04-07-2009, 12:52 PM

Oops, I missed this one.

I mentioned this "suggestion" by the unelected California Air Board or something in the global warming thread.

We really should have a thread called "Only in California..."

Shey Tapani · 07-08-2009, 01:56 AM

This is ridiculous.

gunnut · 07-08-2009, 13:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shey Tapani

This is ridiculous.

Imagine living here...

State is short $26 billion; city of LA is short $1.5 billion; let's ban black cars to save the earth.

silentsam · 07-08-2009, 14:15 PM

It sound like they took this moron's idea, and just changed it up a bit.

Quote:

He said lightening roofs and roads in urban environments would offset the global warming effects of all the cars in the world for 11 years.

"If you look at all the buildings and if you make the roofs white and if you make the pavement more of a concrete type of colour rather than a black type of colour and if you do that uniformally, that would be the equivalent of... reducing the carbon emissions due to all the cars in the world by 11 years – just taking them off the road for 11 years," he said.

Shey Tapani · 07-08-2009, 16:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunnut

Imagine living here...

State is short $26 billion; city of LA is short $1.5 billion; let's ban black cars to save the earth.

I dont complain.

omon · 07-08-2009, 16:32 PM

lol, poor horse.

I remember those Dacia’s from Ussr, few "lucky" ppl had them in my part of the city, sure they weren't so lucky when parts were needed. but they had import car, which was very uncommon back in the days, even those ppl that had Volga’s(the best soviet car) looked at Dacia owners with a bit of jealousy.

Shey Tapani · 07-08-2009, 17:02 PM

I think what i posted belongs to the Onion.

BD1 · 07-09-2009, 15:33 PM

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Originally Posted by omon

lol, poor horse.

I remember those Dacia’s from Ussr, few "lucky" ppl had them in my part of the city, sure they weren't so lucky when parts were needed. but they had import car, which was very uncommon back in the days, even those ppl that had Volga’s(the best soviet car) looked at Dacia owners with a bit of jealousy.

I saw couple of Wartburgs (ex-GDR), Polish Fiat´s and i remember the wife of head of Est. Communist Party drove a Mercedes station wagon to visit the village i lived back then.

04-07-2009, 12:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
gunnut *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-27-06 Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 16,048 Country:	Oops, I missed this one. I mentioned this "suggestion" by the unelected California Air Board or something in the global warming thread. We really should have a thread called "Only in California..." __________________ "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

07-08-2009, 16:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
omon Field mechanik *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 11-01-06 Location: bk Posts: 2,652 Country:	lol, poor horse. I remember those Dacia’s from Ussr, few "lucky" ppl had them in my part of the city, sure they weren't so lucky when parts were needed. but they had import car, which was very uncommon back in the days, even those ppl that had Volga’s(the best soviet car) looked at Dacia owners with a bit of jealousy. __________________ "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" B. Franklin

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