U.S. Wants to Go Green with White Roofs, White Roads and Light Colored Cars
One possible way to save energy is to paint your roof white ... or some other light color. This would keep buildings cooler and lessen the need for air conditioning. Same for roads and other dark surfaces ... which would reflect heat back into space instead of warming the earth. Concrete could be used instead of painting road a lighter color ...
" ... solution to climate change could be as simple as a big bucket of whitewash, ... Steven Chu believes that painting the world's roofs, roads and pavements white would keep buildings cooler as temperatures rise and cut the need for air conditioning."
"... the U.S. Secretary of Energy and a Nobel prize-winning scientist, said the low-tech solution would be as effective at reducing global warming as taking all the world's cars off the road for 11 years."
Via: DailyMail LINK