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>>8883769
>>8883767
>The sealant has reduced roadway temperatures by up to 10 degrees in testing. (LA Street Services)
>$40,000 per mile
wut the fuck, big if true, no joke, that's something actionable as fuck in many parts in the world,
just here in burgerland taking that
1 mile = 1.6 km
our road network size 6,722,347 km
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_road_network_size
>https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6,722,347+km+to+miles
~ 4.2 million miles
times 40k USD/mile
= 168 bUSD
but wait, our gdp is 16.75 tr USD
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=gdp+of++usa
so 168/16750 = 0.008
which is less than 1% of our GDP, protip less than 5% is statistically insignificant
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=168%2F19750

so we could actually move an insignificant amount of money to (see pic related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_impacts_of_climate_change)) reverse the effects since the industrial revolution, plus while making juan and tyrone happy by giving them jobs, and maybe taking hobos out of the streets to get em to work