cm0002@lemdro.id to Technology@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 hours agoChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up19cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up19external-linkChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.netcm0002@lemdro.id to Technology@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoOh, perfect, concrete is the greenest of green! What genius! We’re saved! /s 😶🤮 The cement industry alone accounts for roughly 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions—emitting more than the aviation and global shipping industries combined.
minus-squareJillyB@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoThe site says the blocks are made from recycled concrete
minus-squarewander1236@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours ago Surplus wind power hoists 35-ton blocks cast from recycled concrete and industrial aggregate toward the top.
Oh, perfect, concrete is the greenest of green! What genius! We’re saved! /s 😶🤮
The site says the blocks are made from recycled concrete