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Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat (www.asahi.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nissan Motor Co. said it has developed a new type of paint that significantly reduces the temperature inside vehicles parked in direct sunlight.

The surface of a car coated with the innovative material remains up to 12 degrees cooler than that of a vehicle with standard paint, tests showed.

The company said the coating material can help rein in the temperature rise not only on the car's body but also in the vehicle when exposed to direct sunlight.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Calling out US entitlement isn't xenophobia. That self applied victim complex is just proving my point.

This is an article disseminated globally

Anything on the internet is inherently accessible globally, unless there's a geo-block in place. That does not mean that the things on the internet have to inherently be tailored to US standards or with US viewers in mind. The clearly not US sounding website "The Asahi Shimbun" even specifically has the subtitle "Asia & Japan Watch", which should make it more than obvious that this is not a US focused media. The only confusion coming up here is when you have to assume US units being used everywhere else, which simply is not the case.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Again, you're quibbling about the letter C for the sake of clarity and calling that US entitlement. You're welcome to die on that hill, but it seems like a silly one to die upon because you have some beef with Americans.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Again, you're quibbling about the letter C for the sake of clarity

No, that's what you are doing. lol I'm telling you that the letter is irrelevant for the majority of people in the world because we all already assuming the correct units of temperature and you seem to take an issue with that fact.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Me: "We should be clear and add a C, so we know for sure what units we're dealing with and don't make assumptions."

You: "No, that's American-centrism! We don't need to include them! Most of the world already knows what they mean!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for proving my point. lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TIL "inclusion" is ethnocentrism. 🤡

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that's totally what's been said. At least you already wear your clown badge proudly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I’ve definitely seen some non-US news sources convert to US common units based on my locale. I’d much prefer they just clearly state what they’re using, especially like here where it’s just a matter of adding one character - similar to time where it’s adding three characters for the time zone.

It’s not even necessarily a US centric view asking for it - taking the high road here: anyone in the US interested in science is used to seeing both common and metric units. it’s really no big deal to switch back and forth. Just be aware there are multiple possibilities and indicate which you’re using.