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Not quite unfortunately - the new Planning Minister caved to the property developer lobby: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/09/plan-to-ban-da
by josh64 4y ago
Not quite unfortunately - the new Planning Minister caved to the property developer lobby: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/09/plan-to-ban-dark-roofs-abandoned-as-nsw-government-walks-back-sustainability-measures https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/09/plan-...
- jdironman 4y agoWhat exactly are the challenges with producing lighter colored roofing?
- freen 4y agoPeople who are happy to let the world burn so they can have their roof look the way British roofs look.
- ip26 4y agoAsphalt is black, and a high albedo is hard for anything to maintain with dirt, dust, and age.
- Tagbert 4y agoI had assumed that the white color would come from a white granular material impressed into the asphalt base
- stephen_g 4y agoThat’s not it in Australia - we don’t use asphalt roofing. Normal roofs are tile, steel or (more rarely) zinc here. I think the US is fairly unique in that regard. I’m so used to our houses here that the idea of using shingles made of asphalt just seems bizarre to me.