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Well ... I imagine that 80th floor suites and apartments in papier mache buildings might enjoy substantial discounts to get them rented. So there’s that.
Tofu dregs is now considered a technology.
More flop from the enviro clownhouse. The entire sum total of human civilization produces < 1%.
A quick read makes me think this article was written by a 14-year-old girl.
This Ol’ Box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BNgRpRuWGs
Stone walls could be built.
Computers could figure out how to stack a supply of stone nicely.
“This stretch of highway is paved with Soylent White”
“Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up a small fraction of Earth’s atmosphere, around 0.04%, or roughly 420-427 parts per million (ppm).”
Man made CO2 is only a tiny fraction of the total, with the vast majority being part of the natural CO2 cycle. So fretting about man made CO2 is a specious argument.
AI.
Florida cockroaches eat paper.
The mold problem in Florida is severe.
Idjits.... there’s still structures throughout the US that the concrete is still curing to this day.
What could possibly go wrong?
The idea that concrete is bad is bat sheisse friggin insane. If I hear that one more time,
I'm going to go out to the burn pile and throw another old tire on top. Maybe
top it with
another cup of coal oil for a chaser.
Company Name: UR Producciones Deportivas SC, hereinafter “The Provider”.The site mentions a second "more reistsant" version: "It is not cheap, that is true. But its use makes sense in areas where lightness is critical, such as zones with seismic risk. Sometimes, spending more means avoiding catastrophes."
Commercial Name: Unión Rayo Registered Address: Avenida Ocho de Marzo, 8. Rivas Vaciamadrid. 28523, Madrid.
Seems like "wishing" marketing. The message is that cement's CO2 is polluting. And the "group of researchers from RMIT University in Australia" ( Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ) research isn't linked. So....
"This innovative material, called cardboard-confined rammed earth, is composed entirely of cardboard, water and soil – making it reusable and recyclable."Results on durability are not in. Looking for research money and partners are.Cardboard and earth reshape sustainable construction RMIT, 22 September 2025.
"RMIT and partners have already advanced public demonstrations, including a footpath pilot and the first coffee‑biochar concrete section on the Victorian Big Build, and showcased the concept through the National Gallery of Victoria's Making Good: Redesigning the Everyday exhibition."
Coffee waste helps make lower carbon concrete RMIT, 28 November 2025.
“Eat recycled food. It’s good for the environment and ok for you.”
Finally a use for all those little cardboard toilet-paper rolls?
Environmentalism is a religion.
And after all the things they've lied about for years, we should believe this because...???
I’m sure this new technology will be just as durable as the concrete the Romans used 2000 years ago for coastal applications.
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