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minus-squarewetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·19 days ago… this makes so much damn sense. Every time I had the misfortune of walking through a loaded grocery store parking lot in the summer it always felt intensely hot even compared to the asphalt roadways.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-219 days agoGiant metal piles of glass and metal don’t tend to cool off that well in the sun.
minus-squarewetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·19 days agoNot only that but they act as solar ovens.
… this makes so much damn sense. Every time I had the misfortune of walking through a loaded grocery store parking lot in the summer it always felt intensely hot even compared to the asphalt roadways.
Giant metal piles of glass and metal don’t tend to cool off that well in the sun.
Not only that but they act as solar ovens.