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Some slick greenwash from the concrete & cement industry here. Apparently concrete is "fire resistant". Sure it doesn't burn but it explodes or cracks at high temperatures which can lead to structural collapse, just ask a firefighter https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a27377339/why-concrete-explodes/
RT @thisisconcrete: The UK #Concrete and #Cement industry has a robust and ambitious roadmap to cut carbon emissions to beyond #NetZero by 2050.
But what does …
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/PaulBrannenNE/status/1620019308989652992
And some 'clever' wording about carbonation. Concrete can only sequester carbon when it begins to decay at the end of a building's life when either it's no longer safe to inhabit or it has been crushed & scattered so that it can have contact with the air.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/PaulBrannenNE/status/1620020259179872256