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To: catman67

There’s an opening in the world for somebody to become the Andrew Carnegie of carbon fiber. Nobody should be making buildings or bridges out of steel any more.

8 posted on 03/23/2011 8:06:54 AM PDT by wendy1946

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To: wendy1946

When carbon fiber fails (and it does), it fails catastrophically.

14 posted on 03/23/2011 8:17:02 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (For the first time in my adult life, I'm scared of my government.)

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To: wendy1946

"Nobody should be making buildings or bridges out of steel any more."

Concrete reinforced with Basalt solves the problems with steel rebar corroding, expanding and "exploding" (spalling) the concrete away.

Basalt reinforcement is very similar to fiberglas, but is made from lava rock rather than sand.

Take a look!

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrOiENCF0XQ"

"http://www.monolithic.com/stories/basalt-fiber-rebar"

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N18HcPfKv1E"

24 posted on 03/23/2011 8:29:56 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ("All it takes for Evil to triumph is for good MEN to do nothing." Edmund Burke)

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