¶Ah yes, the familiar pattern of a drive home from Boston — running from the sunrise in the morning and chasing the sunset at night. Always a good day.
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¶As a bonus, I got this great sunrise view over The Zakim bridge as I turned West to head out of town.
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¶This discovery, published in the journal Nature, could provoke “an absolutely massive change” by providing low-cost and low-emission cement at scale, said Julian Allwood, who co-authored the research.
¶I didn’t appreciate the distinction between cement and concrete…or the environmental impact — “nearly eight percent of human-caused CO2 emissions” — of the soaring demand for concrete, which is “already the most widely used construction material on Earth.” Sounds like this could be a huge development.
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¶Here’s the original Nature paper for the cement recycling link above. I hate it when articles don’t link to the original research.
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¶Rest stop.
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