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  • Does a dark-colored car heat up more in the sun than a light-colored car?

    The external color does not significantly affect how much the inside of a car heats up in the sun, says Sanford Klein, director of the UW-Madison Solar Energy Laboratory and professor of mechanical engineering. Cars warm up in the sun due to the greenhouse effect: Sunlight passing through the windows into the car is mostly [...]


    Tuesday, September 1st, 2009


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