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Re:Concrete: The material that's 'too vast to imagine' by phreeza on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @10:24AM (#27676196)
The majority of the CO2 emissions from concrete come from the production chemical reaction, not from the heat generation, though.
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Re:Concrete: The material that's 'too vast to imagine' by XorNot on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @11:28AM (#27677256)
Wikipedia [1] suggests 50% is from calcination and 40% from burning fuel. There's plenty of room for reductions on the fuel side.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_concre...

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