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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month ago

Solving cement’s climate problem | Concrete is the second-most consumed substance on Earth. The process of making its key ingredient, cement, creates major pollution.

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Solving cement’s climate problem | Concrete is the second-most consumed substance on Earth. The process of making its key ingredient, cement, creates major pollution.

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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month ago
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Concrete is the second-most consumed substance on Earth. The process of making its key ingredient, cement, creates major pollution.
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    Concrete is a bit of a double whammy, because, typically, you are emitting CO2 during both the process of creating cement (to create high heat to drive oxygen off limestone), and then again when it cures.

    Great source for information about concrete.

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      Both contributions of the CO_2 emissions are from the production procedure: The CO_2 of the heat generation and CO_2 (not oxygen) being released from e.g. limestone CaCO_3 -> CaO + CO_2.

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