LA's Brilliant Idea: Fight Global Warming by Painting Streets White

https://www.mrctv.org/blog/la-mayors-brilliant-idea-fight-global-warming-painting-streets-white This isn’t some kind of racial thing. It’s about being cool, or so they think. See, the politicians running the show in LA believe that by decreasing the albedo, or reflectivity, of the streets, they can do two things, one that might be practical and real, and one that might be pie-in-the-sky fantasy, based on a faulty premise.