Get your black cars before cali bans them!

[rose0529]

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/25/c...ng-black-cars/

Filed under: Government/Legal, Green
California to reduce carbon emissions by... banning black cars?!

by Jeremy Korzeniewski on Mar 25th 2009 at 2:58PM


In a move that will likely get California's consumers in a huff, impending legislation may soon restrict the paint color options for Golden State residents looking for their next new vehicle. The specific colors that are currently on the chopping block are all dark hues, with the worst offender seemingly the most innocuous color you could think of: Black. What could California possibly have against these colors, you ask? Apparently, the California Air Resources Board figures that the climate control systems of dark colored cars need to work harder than their lighter siblings – especially after sitting in the sun for a few hours. Anyone living in a hot, sunny climate will tell you that this assumption is accurate, of course. In fact, legislation already exists for buildings that has proven successful at reducing the energy consumption of skyscrapers.

So, what's the crux of the problem... can't paint suppliers just come up with new, less heat-absorbent dark paints? According to Ward's, suppliers have reportedly been testing their pigments and processes to see if it's possible to meet CARB's proposed mandate of 20% solar reflectivity by 2016 with a phase-in period starting in 2012, and things aren't looking good. Apparently, when the proper pigments and chemicals are added to black paint, the resulting color is currently being referred to as "mud-puddle brown." That doesn't sound very attractive, now does it? Windshields, backlights and sunroofs are also slated to get reflective coatings starting in 2012.

When we first heard of this issue, an internal debate immediately began as to whether this might be an elaborate early April Fool's joke, but it isn't. Read through CARB's complete Cool Cars Standards and Test Procedures here (PDF link) for more. Thanks for the tip, Joaquin!

[scheides]

Yet fuking TINT is illegal! F U A-holes!

[BLaCk_1cE]

Leave it to Cali to do some shit like this.

[Febo]

Glad I live in minnesota, yet again.

[tehehodi]

geeze, talk about racist!
pretty soon yellow cars will be eliminated

lol

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Yellow and lime green cars should be banned regardless.

[turbotalon1g]

man this place is crazy.

[goodhart]

Damn, at this rate just owning a car will be illegal in 20 years in the state of California.

[twack]

When is cali going to do us all a favor and break off into the ocean

[Constant_Project21]

Originally Posted by ecoli

Yellow and lime green cars should be banned regardless.

+1
That is a ridiculous issue, why don't they focus their time, money, and energy on real issues.

[Ihearrtdsm]

I think they go around igniting black cars on fire.. not really. Maybe their just testing how much power they have to make laws?

[hippiekiller]

And they wonder why California is going broke? Oh wait that's because it is "American" to break the law and come to america illegally.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

My god... That is the most rediculous thing I have ever heard of. I'm so glad I'm not in California.

[123abc]

Originally Posted by twack

When is cali going to do us all a favor and break off into the ocean

X3 !!!!!

[311evo]

Originally Posted by twack

When is cali going to do us all a favor and break off into the ocean

I thought the same thing.

[munchgsx]

I'm movin to europe.

[Goat Blower]

Surprise, surprise. Let's try to fix a problem that doesn't exist. And while we're at it, lets throw $3 trillion at it, that should fix everything.

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by munchgsx

I'm movin to europe.

They're 20 years ahead of us on this BS. We'll have $9/gal gas soon enough. At least they've gotten past the windmill and solar panel stage and come back to good old nuclear power, but it's probably taxed so high, they're still going to pay through the nose.

[crazy_skier]

wow... we might as well all start working for free and getting a government check in the mail. I highly feel the things that have been happening the past few months have the government WAY overstepping their boundaries, and this is another prime example. Can we get a time machine and retract my vote??? hahaha

[Goat Blower]

Ha, another convert! Welcome to the fold, the Carter era revisited will be over in just under four years.