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What if the lifetime of the building is considered? Don't concrete buildings presumably last much longer in the face of fires, tsunamis, and other disasters? Wh
by dheera 4y ago
What if the lifetime of the building is considered? Don't concrete buildings presumably last much longer in the face of fires, tsunamis, and other disasters? Whereas entire towns of wooden houses get ravaged by fires every year in California?
Speaking of which, is there any possibility of making a brick that is 80%+ carbon (for the purpose of sequestration) and non-flammable? Like some sort of low-cost carbon fiber brick?
- MobiusHorizons 4y agoCorbin fiber != co2. Carbon fiber is unburnt carbon. It is pretty heat resistant, but is still flammable under the right conditions. I’m not sure how you would use that for sequestration. Ideally you would want the co2 to bind to a solid chemically so you get better density of co2 storage. I suppose you could just fill cavities in a brick with co2 gas, but that would store very little carbon dioxide and runs the risk of leaking back out.