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But Bill Gates is incorrect. The Cement industry has a plan that they think can lower cement production greenhouse gasses by 40-80%. https://www.scientificamer

• nindalf 6y ago
  I upvoted you but you vastly overstate what that link actually says - this 40-80% estimate is from a process that doesn't exist yet. They might discover/invent this process but there's nothing to indicate that they will. As the headline says "they are developing a plan", kinda like how people are developing a plan to power society with fusion reactors. - Right now, cement works. It's worked for 200 years. There is no incentive or pressure to change. Carbon credits specifically carve out exceptions for cement, so the cost of polluting isn't borne by them. - Even if money was found to create a new competing substance that polluted less, it wouldn't be trusted as much as cement is with it's 200 year track record. What I'm getting from this article is that there is no change afoot in the cement industry. At best the energy they use might come from cleaner sources but that it's it. At it's heart it will still remain CaCO3 → CaO + CO2
  • SEJeff 6y ago
    has a plan they think Thanks for the upvote, but it seems like I didn't misstate anything. They have a plan that they think has the potential to lower greenhouse gasses 40-80%. I'm pulling those numbers directly from the article as more or less a direct quote. How can I be overstating their own literal words? On cement being a large carbon emitter / greenhouse gas producer for the forseeable future, I think we both agree. But they have a plan!