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I assume this could be useful to shield something in space with extremely specific temperature tolerances. I'm not sure about the suggestion that people are going to paint their roofs with it. People already have the opportunity to paint their roofs with cheap white paint which would provide nearly all the benefits this would, and still choose not to do it.
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>They get dirty fast do they get dirty fast in both humid and not humid climates? I would think in not humid, dry climates it might be more useful?
Dust would settle on them despite of humidity levels I think
However you don’t need white to see significant benefit over a black roof, even just green helps.
> “Our white is so white you can paint a chunka coal and you’d have to crack it open with a sledge hammer to prove it wasn’t white clear through.”
Of course, I'm not implying any connection to this 'whitest ever' paint, but the book is quite good.
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White roofs don’t look great which is why I think they’re largely relegated to commercial buildings instead of residential ones. They get dirty fast, are super bright and don’t fit with the traditional look for houses. On commercial flat top roofs they are hidden so it doesn’t matter if they’re blindingly bright or stained because they’re not visible.
>They get dirty fast do they get dirty fast in both humid and not humid climates? I would think in not humid, dry climates it might be more useful?
Also: Black 3.0, the purchasable variant of Vantablack For sale at: https://www.culturehustleusa.com/
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/07/07/anish-kapoor-banned-from-u...
Someone needs to compile a list of all this fringe tech that I see popping up in my feeds, almost daily now. I know there are techpress blogs that pump out articles like this, but there doesn't seem to be an authoritative compendium of such tech anywhere on the net. I could curate this by hand with 3 hours of free time and some Red Bull I suppose. The reason I want this is because we seem to be swimming in innovation…
I assume this could be useful to shield something in space with extremely specific temperature tolerances. I'm not sure about the suggestion that people are going to paint their roofs with it. People already have the opportunity to paint their roofs with cheap white paint which would provide nearly all the benefits this would, and still choose not to do it.
What we really need is white paint in the summer, black paint in the winter - reversible roofs, if you will. That said, in the desert southwest and many places in the world, white roofs are common. I wish it were more common in the southeast...
I assume this could be useful to shield something in space with extremely specific temperature tolerances. I'm not sure about the suggestion that people are going to paint their roofs with it. People already have the opportunity to paint their roofs with cheap white paint which would provide nearly all the benefits this would, and still choose not to do it.
What we really need is white paint in the summer, black paint in the winter - reversible roofs, if you will. That said, in the desert southwest and many places in the world, white roofs are common. I wish it were more common in the southeast...
I assume this could be useful to shield something in space with extremely specific temperature tolerances. I'm not sure about the suggestion that people are going to paint their roofs with it. People already have the opportunity to paint their roofs with cheap white paint which would provide nearly all the benefits this would, and still choose not to do it.
What we really need is white paint in the summer, black paint in the winter - reversible roofs, if you will. That said, in the desert southwest and many places in the world, white roofs are common. I wish it were more common in the southeast...
Also: Black 3.0, the purchasable variant of Vantablack For sale at: https://www.culturehustleusa.com/
see also, color manufacturers that will sell to anybody who ISN'T Anish Kapoor https://www.dezeen.com/2017/07/07/anish-kapoor-banned-from-u...