Hi Folks, Just to stir things up, I'll forward a quote from Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti: "Climate change is a fact of life that people in Los Angeles and cities around the world live with every day. It is a grave threat to our health, our environment, and our economy — and it is not debatable or negotiable," I wonder what exactly this "fact of life" is? Not debatable? Sounds like an article of faith, doesn't it? So to fight the evil of climate change, Los Angeles has embarked on a program to paint all their city streets grey. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/10/los-angeles-painting-city-streets-white... I'm sure that grey streets will lower their surface temperature a bit, won't it just bounce the sun's heat up into the air again? Only to be trapped and redirected down again by the CO2? Oh, don't worry, it's not too expensive. LA has about 6,500-miles of non-freeway streets, and at $40,000/mile for the coating, will only cost $260,000,000-US. It's a real deal and only needs to be reapplied every seven years. That would mean that you'd have to apply 77.3-miles of coating per month, or assuming a standard work-year, about .5-miles per hour, to keep the coating fresh and functional on all 6,500-miles of streets. Note that the cost doesn't include installation labor, I wonder how many men would be fully employed and at what cost to keep this going? All that being said, it looks like a cool product. The photos on the company's website look nice, I wonder how long it really lasts before flaking off and running down the storm drains, then to pollute the oceans? Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org