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"Concrete blows most other materials out of the water." In fact, according to Wikipedia, concrete is the "second-most-used substance in the world after water"
by alex-moon 2y ago
"Concrete blows most other materials out of the water."
In fact, according to Wikipedia, concrete is the "second-most-used substance in the world after water" - I was on the Concrete Wikipedia article while I read this as I realised it was a thing I have never thought about despite its ubiquity. Amazing how that can happen.
- snypher 2y agoWhat about eg air, wood? Used by mass or volume or?
- smt88 2y agoIt seems likely to me that both concrete and plastic are used in greater mass and greater volume than wood.
- jballanc 2y agoAnd concrete dates back to (at least) Roman times
- orthoxerox 2y agoRoman concrete was a drop in the water compared to the modern era concrete.
- alex-moon 2y agoYes sorry I didn't cite my source - it is per weight: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1350630714000387?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13506... Per tonne, twice as much concrete is used per year than all other building materials (including wood, plastic, metal) combined.