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A core topic of the article is that there a number of less carbon-intensive means of producing concrete, but all of them are more expensive. As it is basically
by jacques_chester 7y ago
A core topic of the article is that there a number of less carbon-intensive means of producing concrete, but all of them are more expensive. As it is basically a commodity market, price sensitivity among buyers is intense. It's an example of where carbon trading or carbon pricing would be able to shift the market's current selection.
- pmoriarty 7y agoPapercrete[1] is an interesting material. It's a mix of (usually recycled) paper and concrete, so clearly using it wouldn't get rid of all of the pollution caused by concrete production, but it would help. It also can't be used as a concrete substitute in every situation, but it has some interesting properties like being a much better insulator than concrete, and being of very low cost. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papercrete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papercrete