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    Paint your roof white to reduce global warming

    I'd be really skeptical about that number, 5-10% of net CO2 emissions being caused by concrete. As mgb_phys hinted at, time is essential in the balance of CO2 emissions for a given product or system. What I'm looking at, is plants for a certain kind of processes. The concrete for construction of...
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    Paint your roof white to reduce global warming

    Hi! There are open, international, databases of "emission factors" for greenhouse gases for anything you can think of. My database tells me the following: 1. Asphalt, Road&Pavement = 0.14 kg CO2equiv/kg asphalt and in unit area (metres squared): 134 kg CO2equiv/m2 asphalt 2. Concrete...
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