Black cars are to be banned

[Churchill]

Then the US Army will just have to paint all their stealth planes a fetching shade of pink

If you're thinking about the F117, there's a reason it's called "Nighthawk"...

The B2 is grey(ish).

[TykeMerc]

I don’t want to be pedantic but... it’s very cold at 50,000ft so I'd imagine they wouldn't need to deflect any heat.

Added to that the F117 isn't flying any more, they've been scrapped.

[SantaClaus]

Wasn't April Fools day yesterday???

[Grinder]

Very few black cars in California anyway - your average joe knows how hot they get in the sun, especially while parked up. Black is just not a sought-after colour there like I suppose it is in British Isles,

Its a bit European to ban them though,

[gingerjedi]

Then the US Army will just have to paint all their stealth planes a fetching shade of pink

I don’t want to be pedantic but... it’s very cold at 50,000ft so I'd imagine they wouldn't need to deflect any heat.

[expat]

Then the US Army will just have to paint all their stealth planes a fetching shade of pink

The French could still see them.


Je vois la vie en rose...

[d000hg]

Maybe a component of tax related to the colour of your car and the climate where you live is in order.

[PM-Junkie]

Black cars banned??

Isn't that racist?

[spoons]

Back when Landrovers were proper vehicles you could get a "Sunroof" for them. It was basically a second roof that fitted above the original with a gap of about an inch between them. This kept the sun off the real roof and when moving generated a flow of air through the gap that cooled the interior.

Wasn't that referred to as a 'Safari' roof?

[DaveB]

Back when Landrovers were proper vehicles you could get a "Sunroof" for them. It was basically a second roof that fitted above the original with a gap of about an inch between them. This kept the sun off the real roof and when moving generated a flow of air through the gap that cooled the interior.

[darmstadt]

Then the US Army will just have to paint all their stealth planes a fetching shade of pink

[zara_backdog]

What about metalic black cars?

[ace00]

What about really dark blue?

[gingerjedi]

Well there must be a good reason why white cars are more popular in Mediterranean countries, seems logical to me.

Every little helps™

[DimPrawn]

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/sh...e-of-blac.html

News that California may ban the sale of black cars for climate protection reasons raised the hackles of many a petrolhead yesterday.

At the root of the stir was a presentation (pdf) by the Environmental Protection Agency's Air Resources Board (CARB).

The Cool Paints initiative suggests that the state should set a minimum level of reflectivity for all car paints and windows.

More reflective vehicles, goes the idea, could stay up to 10 °C cooler in the sunshine state - this in turn could reduce the need to have air conditioning on and thereby cut greenhouse-gas emissions.


God give me strength.