January 2015
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goes back into space, it is not heating our at-
mosphere."
"With any othermaterial," he continues. "The
energy would be mostly absorbed, cause the
roof to warm up, and then radiate the heat
back at wave lengths that are absorbed by the
atmosphere, therefore the greenhouse effect
and global warming. "
"It's a true antagonist to global warming,"
concludes Dr. McGuire.
Fred: "The metal is reflecting a lot more of
the energy that's being beamed at it than
some other common painted carbon, alumi-
num or even bare aluminum by itself. Those
metals would be absorbing a lot of, or a fair
percentage of it, causing the metal to heat up
and become uncomfortable to the touch."
