Good data, perspective and not pandering. Thanks for the link.
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2024
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Been waiting for this for 20 years ... (was shocked how much those emissions rose post 2004)
What's important now, is that India and Africa don't follow the same type of concrete path
'China’s in-use cement stock – a measure of all the material in buildings, roads and structures – was about the same in 2013 as the roughly 15 tonnes per person in the US'
Where can i get data for each country's in-use cement stock ? Seems like useful metric (I think incorp in my model)
Well, yeah. They've stopped building at scale internally. Now they are trying to export as much capacity as possible.