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How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
(www.theguardian.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
Oh yeah, the black roof industry produced a study that says that black roofs are better. I'd be highly skeptical, especially considering that 'a study' has no legal definition.
I'm a few days away from having a new roof installed (hurricanes 🙄), I chose a cool roof-compliant architectural shingle. So, I've done a bit of studying of this as well.
Based on my research, black roofs are still affected by the laws of thermodynamics, no matter how many lobbyists I surround it with.
You're on point with that Greenland reference. That's a very well studied phenomenon. I mean, assuming you believe scientists and observational data (which isn't a guarantee here on social media).