Earth911 Podcast: Grant Quasha on Cutting Cement's Carbon Footprint by 95%
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Earth911 Podcast: Grant Quasha on Cutting Cement's Carbon Footprint by 95%
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What is the most used material in the world? Cement, the basis for building most of the modern world, was invented during the Roman Empire and remains the most used...
show moreDuring the conversation, Grant explains that billions of tons of fly ash from the Industrial Era can be recovered to make low-carbon concrete. While the prospect of lowering annual CO2 emissions associated with building homes, skyscrapers, and roads by 95% is sufficiently important to justify enthusiasm about this technology, the opportunity to mine the residual fly ash pollution created and dumped during the Industrial Era should get everyone’s attention. Society can do more than paper over environmental damage while continuing to build and expand a sustainable infrastructure — we can restore nature, making cities and their suburbs greener.
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