That number surprised me so I went looking. Our World in Data says about 3%. I am guessing they are attributing only the CO2 directly released by the process, not the energy required to do the process ...
Cement production alone currently accounts for about 8 percent of global CO 2 emissions, so considerable effort is going into lowering that number. Efficiency can be increased, and energy sources can ...
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Basalt-powered cement process could slash energy use and CO2 emissions by 80%
Scientists are proposing a new way to make cement by replacing limestone with volcanic ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) Concrete ...
By using electricity and recycled materials, researchers made a cement that cuts energy use by 70% and carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 98% compared with traditional cement production ...
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