NimusNix
NimusNix t1_ix1k4xt wrote
Reply to comment by jimius in The road to low-carbon concrete: Humanity's love affair with cement and concrete results in massive CO2 emissions. by filosoful
>We use concrete because it is cheap and easy to use.
Right.
>There are better materials out there for a long time, centuries even. But the problem is always price or labour.
Which is why it is less a love affair and more akin to an abusive relationship.
>So without a carbon tax, cement will be able to externalize it's true costs towards the environment.
This will help, but there is a hopeful new process on the horizon that injects the CO2 right back into the concrete to trap it while building it. Hopefully that pans out, also.
NimusNix t1_ix0vl5x wrote
Reply to The road to low-carbon concrete: Humanity's love affair with cement and concrete results in massive CO2 emissions. by filosoful
'Love affair'
I think they mean unfortunate necessity.
NimusNix t1_j7mx97y wrote
Reply to The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet by pecika
By accident? Isn't that just called discovery when your purpose is to observe?