Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:45:57 GMT From: amesnospamrak.demon.co.uk (Andrew Stephenson) Subject: Re: Running hot
In article <cmnl42$3l1$1nospam.apana.org.au> c900nospam.apana.org.au "Craig's C900 Site" writes: > [...] And we can only water the garden (with hand-held hoses) > on certain days of the week. [...] I assume you know about watering at dusk, to reduce evaporative losses? In the UK, where temperatures rarely rise to anywhere near those in *.AU, farmers reckon on _halving_ spraying losses in summer. You also avoid problems of water droplets on leaves refracting intense sunlight and causing burning (which one hears can be a problem with some species). Daft thought: does an unwashed car keep out the heat better? A decent coating of low thermal conductivity dust and mud, ideally a nice pale colour, sounds promising. -- Andrew Stephenson
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