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MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Windshield screens are the low-tech but far more effective method of keeping a car’s interior cooler, typically by at least 20F when it’s really hot out. Slightly inconvenient but unlike this paint, a windshield screen will actually make a difference.

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nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Mythbusters did an experiment with a black car and a white car hitting in the sun. The black car was 12 degrees Celsius hotter. Claiming that the paint makes no difference is such a weird take. I thought this was common knowledge as well as many people I’ve met avoid darker colours in summer and such.

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- IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Summer was hard on me in my teenage goth years.
  
  Can’t really get many light shades of black.
  
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  - Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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    KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I think i’m in love.
    
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- MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  What’s the cost (financial and environmental) of repainting a car vs using a windshield visor that’s at least twice as effective at reducing heat?
  
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  - nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’m not talking about repainting anything, why are you moving the goalposts? Just buy a white car AND use a visor, what’s wrong with that? And in the future, if this stuff is actually good, maybe all cars can come already painted with it?
    
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    MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Just buy a white car AND use a visor, what’s wrong with that?
    
    Nothing’s wrong with that-- why would I assume you’re talking about regular paint when this whole article is specifically about a single type of new paint developed to keep cars cool in heat?
    
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- Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Speaking of huge and inconvenient, if you’re a cheapskate, just get a car cover. Always helped my motorcycle.
  
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  - Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I bet the interior of your motorcycle was WAY cooler after that.
    
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    Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It was! Also, the exterior wasn’t too bad, either
    
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KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Wanna know how you’re right? Look at the FLIR photo above and note where the heat is at its highest

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