I could feel the heat coming off it when I stood next to the repaved section. They didn’t repave the parking area at the edge. Opened to traffic again, seems firm enough to drive on at 160⁰F.

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    Air only flows significantly when you’re driving. Have you ever heard of stop signs, red lights, traffic, and trains? You assume the vehicle is always in motion, which isn’t always the case.

    The better option would have been if the road crew didn’t open the road to traffic until the asphalt cooled closer to regular road temperatures.

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      14 hours ago

      By your logic, home air conditioning can’t work because the condenser is stationary.

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        14 hours ago

        If the ambient temperature is 71⁰C, then no, air conditioning will not work, at least not sufficiently to sustain life or protect batteries.

        Fuck, you do realize that 71⁰C is enough to melt your shoes to the pavement right?