I used to work at a zoo. When you introduce a new animal to an exhibit, you soap the window so they don’t hurt themselves in their confusion. Just… Take a bar of soap and fog up the window with it.
Probably smells a lot better too.
Oh I always assumed that that inevitable wear and tear on the window, or poor maintenance
If im a monkee in da zoo imma lick that shit doe 🙊🐒🐵🙉
You could soap the outside, but then the outside monkeys (children) would lick it off…
I’d guess this would be significantly cheaper too.
Also mentions tin foil being more effective so why ever bother with the smelly yogurt?
the yoghurt smells for “30 seconds when drying” but that as soon as it has dried “the smell disappears”.
Also has the advantage of still being transparent.
Well, disadvantage of only barely affecting temperatures though. 3.5C max, 0.6 average is not nothing, but for me at least, part of the problem is the fact that if I don’t run AC, the temperatures just keep on climbing indoors. The 5-6C drop of tinfoil sounds more useful, but then they didn’t really mention what the average drop is.
Granted, I realize most people would rather get light through their windows. But personally in bedrooms I’d rather take 0 light as otherwise you only really get 3-4 hours of dark per day in the summer. For other rooms - maybe some of those heat-reflective films? 3M claims theirs manages reduce heating by quite a lot, but probably not as much as foil.
Aren’t window awnings more effective and efficient anyway?
3.5C is when it’s hottest, which is presumably when it’s most needed.
It’s not a miracle, but 3 degrees is noticeable. And for the cost of practically nothing, it’s something anybody can afford to do if they need to. It’s not just about what’s the best solution, but also about accessibility.
this seems ridiculous, why not just shut the window blind?
But that won’t give you that cheesy smell.
According to the article the smell diappears after 30 seconds
So for a quick&dirty solution it should be fineWell, the article lies. Every time there’s high air humidity there’s a distinct and worsening sour smell. My school did this to our bathroom windows (because it was more environmentally friendly than plastic options). Ugh.
window binds still let the light into the house where the energy then turns to heat.
Heat-reducing window-tint on the other hand is pretty easy to install.
honestly, on the outside, the yoghurt probably isn’t a particularly durable layer (i.e. going away after the first rain,) and probably gets to smelling funky. On the inside, it’s probably going to also smell funky.
Note sure what they’re called, but plenty of houses here have metal blinds on the outside that work perfectly for blocking the sun.
Shutters? Those’ll do it.
Absolutely.
If it’s too hot inside the house but there is still sun passing through the window there is definitely something wrong
Window blind, awning, sun breaker, trees … There is plenty of solutions
More propaganda from the dairy industry.
Those damn big-milkers!
I love big milkers and I cannot lie.
To lower the house temperature.
some people just don’t rtfa
With a title that good I will actively avoid reading it and make my own explanation. Much funnier.
Reading the comments, TIL some countries spell it yogurt. The more you know!
Reading the title, TIL some countries spell it yoghurt. The more you know!
Having already known that some countries spell it yoghurt and some spell it yogurt, today I learned nothing. The same amount you know!
You learnt that some people didn’t know that. The more you know!
The original spelling is yoğurt, ğ is a silent letter in Turkish so it is anglificated as yoghurt in some languages
Yoghourt or yogetout
May the Schwartz be with you
Attract flies in this one easy step!
Just owning some or do I have to eat it? Am I supposed to apply it to the house to reflect the heat?
You have to schmeer it on your windows. I dunno. It’s stupid
Lmao imagine the pov of the cow, live a life of suffering and misery only for your scope in life is to be schmeered on windows.
I thought you were kidding until I read the article. Wtf
Why is it stupid if it yields results?
Tinfoil is twice as effective… Shocker
Because it blocks those government heat rays. /s
“big milkers want us to buy more dairy to fight climate change”
big milkers
I’m listening
vegans nod amongst themselves
“I told you, bro!”
Love, Death + Robots
And what about the senate?
