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To: Telepathic Intruder
“You don’t want to be in a concrete home during an earthquake”

Exactly, no signs of rebar

4 posted on 04/20/2014 6:17:44 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: DAC21

Rebar would be sort of hard to 3-D copy.


9 posted on 04/20/2014 6:45:34 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: DAC21
“You don’t want to be in a concrete home during an earthquake” Exactly, no signs of rebar

I wonder if they throw something like fiberglass into the mix.

10 posted on 04/20/2014 6:47:27 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: DAC21

probably use the fiber impregnated concrete which would eliminate the need for rebar


11 posted on 04/20/2014 6:49:10 AM PDT by scottteng (Tax government employees til they quit and find something useful to do)
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To: DAC21

Guess the question really is what is in the recycled materials.

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‘The best part is that, since the concrete is made from recycled materials,’

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13 posted on 04/20/2014 6:56:38 AM PDT by deport
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