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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by stordoff on Sunday June 23, 2019 @05:17PM (#20258735)
> come live in hundred-degree Texas summers without it and then tell me to give [air-con] up [...] we will adapt to a hotter earth if need be

Are you sure about that? It seems like we'd adapt by using more power, deepening the problem.

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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by dorgo on Sunday June 23, 2019 @05:54PM (#20258917)
> It seems like we'd adapt by using more power, deepening the problem.

Not if it is solar/wind power as is the case for 50% of the power already (in my country). With 100% renewables you can waste as much energy as you like.

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