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This title has zero to do with the article. TLDR: LA suffers from "heat island" effect, so to lower the temperature at the street level they're coating streets
by politician 9y ago
This title has zero to do with the article.
TLDR: LA suffers from "heat island" effect, so to lower the temperature at the street level they're coating streets with a sealant. The company that manufactures the sealant previously developed sealants for the military.
- mental1896 9y agoAbsolutely correct, except for this part of the article: "Luzar said the officials were interested in lowering the temperature of taxiways so that aircraft would be less easily seen by spy satellites using infrared cameras, which form images using thermal energy."
- JoblessWonder 9y agoAgreed. Bad click-baity title. Before I clicked on the article I was trying to figure out how coating a city's streets would somehow prevent spy planes from being seen. I didn't even want to try and crack why this might be necessary.
- yawz 9y agoThanks! For sensational titles, I'm developing a habit of checking the comments first. It seems to be working :).
- b4ux1t3 9y agoIt's not lying, and it makes people click the link and learn something they might not have known about. I don't think this is bad at all.