Preview of Tomorrow

The Cement that Eats Carbon

October 02, 2022 Leading Cities Season 3 Episode 5
Preview of Tomorrow
The Cement that Eats Carbon
Show Notes

Carbon Limit
As the key building material of most tower blocks, car parks, bridges and dams, concrete has enabled great advancements in our citys’ infrastructure throughout the years. It’s the most widely used man-made material in existence, but it comes with a heavy price. Did you know that for every 1 ton of cement created, an equivalent 1 ton of carbon dioxide is produced? In fact, the cement industry has been so busy that, if it were a country, it would be the third largest emitter in the world, only behind China and the US. But recently, a new technology has been developed that has the ability to backtrack the immense carbon footprint of cement.

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