Whitewall to stop global warming?

The White House is taking white to the extreme. Professor Steven Chu, the US Energy Secretary is proposing that all roofs around the world be painted white so as to reflect the suns rays and slow down global warming. In theory this might sound wonderful but in actuality it is insane. While we are at it why don't we make it mandatory for all vehicles to be white also. Making the world's population required to wear white hats when outside would surely curb the propaganda based global warming conspiracy. Has Professor Chu even taken into account though the emissions that will be produced in creating all of this white paint. The demand for white paint will increase dramatically causing a spike in white paint prices and then it will take longer for our global economy to recover from the worldwide recession. Is he willing to take this responsibility? I believe not. Is the US government going to bail us out by sending each household 5 gallons of white paint to help subsidize this giant undertaking? We could even call the campaign "A Bale to Pale." I am sure it is all a misunderstanding though. 

But knowing all of this brings us to a very interesting conclusion. The intellectualism of our Forefathers must have been acutely high because hundreds of years ago with the completion of the President's residence the decision was make to paint it white. Did the people back then know of the coming global warming before the scientists knew. What else did they know that has remained secret to us for these centuries. Now, we can truly see, firsthand, the wisdom this country was founded on. They got this one right, what else were they right about and we are just too slow to catch on.