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> Aren't most concrete carbon emissions due to energy consumption nope. about 1/3 is from energy consumption, 2/3 are due to the chemical processes involved
by froh 2y ago
> Aren't most concrete carbon emissions due to energy consumption
nope. about 1/3 is from energy consumption, 2/3 are due to the chemical processes involved
see Figure 1 here:
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/1410/publikationen/2022-01-04_climate-change_02-2022_decomposition_of_co2_emissions_in_the_european_cement_sector_0.pdf https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/14...
the consumed energy is electricity (Wind or Photovoltaics), which is cheap, see sibling comments and plenty (also see sibling comments)