Bragging about encasing the natural world in a synthetic crust and displacing wildlife… Great flex
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IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Every three years China pours more concrete than the us has since WWII.
shiftymccool@programming.dev 2 months ago
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just a reminder that concrete releases huge amounts of CO2 as it cures. Empty cities don’t help anyone.
grue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Another reason good urbanism and walkability is super important: the emissions don’t just come from the cars, they come from the excess roads themselves, too.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Their intention was to bolster the economy with busy work, but that’s not a long term solution.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It wasn’t even necessarily a bad idea given property growth, but it will be interesting to see what happens if they can’t stop population decline
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
cement releases large amounts of CO2 when it is being produced, i.e. when the cement powder is being produced from limestone.
later, when you mix the cement with water and sand to make concrete, it re-absorbs that CO2. you’ve got it backwards :D