Modified Street Colors Could Decrease Urban Heat and Lower Ambient Temperatures

The City of San Francisco has come up with a brilliantThe lighter color would decrease the urban heat in
strategy to try to slow down the traffic. They wantthe area, and with a proper cooling that would lower
to change the color of the streets from black to athe ambient temperatures from the heat coming off
nice Starbucks Mocha Frappachino color. And youthe road during the day. By lowering the temperature
probably think this is a joke, but it's not. You areof all the roads, less hot air would rise catching the
welcome to search on the Internet and find out forprevailing winds and then heating up the atmosphere
yourself. Apparently, they've done psychologicalas a blows across the land.
studies, which show the people will slow down whenThis would prevent areas around our major cities
driving on a nice brown roadway.from warming. And if all the cities did this maybe we
Now, I am not sure if that will work, it sounds like acould stop "Global Warming" that is of course if you
crackpot idea, and something that the folks in Sanbuy into global warming theory in the first place.
Francisco might come up with, while they are sittingIf you think you want to come up with a better idea
there drinking their latte looking out the Starbuckswhy not go down to Starbucks and put some
window at the world go by, but it did bring up acaffeine in that brain of yours and let us know. You
pretty good idea. Why not paint the streets amay as well get those neurons firing once again, and
Starbucks "White Mocha Frappachino flavor" a muchuse that mind of yours to solve some of these
lighter beige or mauve color?problems. Please consider all this.