The Nobel prize-winning physicist appointed by President Obama as US Energy Secretary wants to change the colour of roofs, roads and pavements so they reflect more of the Sun’s light and heat to combat global warming, he said. Chu said his thinking on the issue had been strongly influenced by Art Rosenfeld, a member of the California Energy Commission and physicist at Berkeley Lab. He and two colleagues from the lab, Hashem Akbari and Surabi Menon, calculated that changing surface colours in 100 of the world’s largest cities could save the equivalent of 44 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. More>A story on this topic also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, Construction Week online, Fox News, RushLimbaugh.com, Seed Magazine, WorldNetDaily and the SF Examiner.
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