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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by smt88 on Monday August 09, 2021 @06:46AM (#28115013)
Cows and concrete don't involve burning things, but they do produce a large percentage of total CO2 emissions.
Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by guerby on Monday August 09, 2021 @07:26AM (#28115344)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement_kiln

1400 degree to make the cement part of concrete.

You could may be reach this by solar concentration, but currently we do burn stuff to make concrete.

Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by stephen999 on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:10AM (#28116306)
Could you not use resistive heating powered by solar/wind/hydro?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule_heating

Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by zejn on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:19AM (#28116407)
Correct.

With meat the important thing is to know the turnaround time, eg. how much time does it take for an animal to reach adult size. Bigger animals tend to have longer lives. More lifetime means more food, water, energy.

Beef has really long turnaround time, pork is not much better, poultry is quite good, insects are really hard to beat. Eggs are also a great source of protein. Having your own chicken coop is not a bad idea, if you have the space for it.

Cement is problematic because the CO2 comes from the process even if you use non-CO2 emitting fuels for heating up the raw materials, which eventually become cement. Alternative to cement is to use wood for construction, which I think is quite popular in the US.

Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by tonyedgecombe on Monday August 09, 2021 @07:09AM (#28115208)
A long way behind heating homes and transport though.