Dark cars and credit cards

Catching up on some news items you might have missed:

Dark cars the culprit? California is considering a ban on the sale of cars painted black and other dark colors. The theory is that dark cars need more air conditioning to stay cool and that results in the emission of more dangerous gases than white cars.

I have to wonder what would happened to hearses at the funeral homes.

And what about black and white police cars? Remember "1 Adam 12, 1 Adam 12, See the man..."? Will Reed and Malloy's buddies have to take to white cars only?

Only in California could they come up with something like this.

At least my wife and I both drive tan (or beige) cars. Don't blame us.

Meanwhile, the U.S. energy secretary is pushing to have a white roof on new homes, getting rid of dark shingles. The reasoning is roughly the same. He says it could save on your energy bills.

Say cheese, but don't smile: Thirty-one states use computer matching to make sure that a driver's license applicant doesn't have licenses in other states. But there's a problem. Smiles can cause the program which matches faces to be off a little.

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