OT: Parking under pine trees

[RUfinally2008]

Since we downsized I only have a 1 car garage. Every morning my car is incased in ice at 6:30am. Two weeks ago I parked in a 6 space public parking lot in front of a huge common area filled with pine trees so my son and grandkids could park on the driveway. I forgot to move my car and when I got up to leave the next day, everyone's cars were iced up big time. Mine looked like it was in a garage all night.This is my 5th winter here and never knew these trees retain so much heat.

 

[angmo]

 

[hoquat63]

Pine sap is tougher to remove than ice

 

[BeantownKnight]

Pine sap is tougher to remove than ice

I had to use CLR to remove it from the roof of my old car. It wound up removing more than just the sap.

 

[RU at the shore]

Pine sap is tougher to remove than ice

thats where I thought this was going

 

[RUHotTrumpetMonkeyLove]

There's a reason deer like to bed down under pines and hemlocks.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

It is not the heat of the pine trees.

It is COVER.

Without cover.. deep space draws heat from everything it "sees". Everything radiates to infinity. You could have a layer of newspaper as a roof over your vehicle and the frost/ice would not be there. This is why one of the top things to do in a survival situation is to get cover.. like a lean-to.

Of course, where moisture is a factor, whatever the cover is would have to absorb it or shed it... like the pines probably absorb a lot of moisture that might want to settle on your vehicle.

Here's a page that answers a question as to why 2 cars, next to each other on the same icy cold night, one under a car port, handle a frost-producing night..

Radiate to infinity is how it came to be that ice cream was invented/discovered in Egypt.

 

[RUfinally2008]

It is not the heat of the pine trees.

It is COVER.

Without cover.. deep space draws heat from everything it "sees". Everything radiates to infinity. You could have a layer of newspaper as a roof over your vehicle and the frost/ice would not be there. This is why one of the top things to do in a survival situation is to get cover.. like a lean-to.

Of course, where moisture is a factor, whatever the cover is would have to absorb it or shed it... like the pines probably absorb a lot of moisture that might want to settle on your vehicle.

Here's a page that answers a question as to why 2 cars, next to each other on the same icy cold night, one under a car port, handle a frost-producing night..

Radiate to infinity is how it came to be that ice cream was invented/discovered in Egypt.

Thanks, those articles had some great information.My car is soon to be replaced,probably after this winter. It has been a great 4×4 with close to 150,000 miles. A 2008 Kia Sportage, so pine sap will be someone else's problem